South Africa’s only opposition-led province plans to facilitate the construction of almost 6 gigawatts of power generation capacity to counter nationwide electricity shortages and bolster the regional economy.
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt will offer voters a dollop of optimism alongside well-flagged spending restraint in his spring Budget as he tries to curb inflation, one of his junior ministers said.
Inflation-pinched consumers are tired of paying more for food, soap and other branded goods, with European shoppers leading the rebellion.
Regulators in the Asia-Pacific region are ramping up scrutiny on companies that may be overstating their environmental credentials.
The Democratic-led US Senate voted to block a Labor Department sustainable investing rule, marking a victory for Republicans in their crusade against “woke” capitalism and teeing up President Joe Biden’s first veto.
Singapore Airlines Ltd.’s low-cost carrier Scoot is bullish on air travel from China bouncing back as it reintroduces flights to the mainland, despite industry worries about weak demand in world’s second-largest aviation market.
The European Union is set to propose a three-track plan to provide Ukraine with much-needed ammunition in response to some member states’ calls to ramp up the continent’s production capacity.
Vietnam’s National Assembly elected a close ally of Communist Party Chief Nguyen Phu Trong as the next president after he ran an anti-graft crackdown to remove potential rivals and boost his influence over economic policy making.
Sam Bankman-Fried offered the names of two technology consultants to help the judge on his criminal fraud case determine appropriate bail restrictions for the FTX co-founder.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said they wanted to see peace in Ukraine, though they avoided providing details on how they’d bring the year-old war to an end.
