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Brazilian legend Pele is not under end-of-life care, one of his daughters confirmed to the media on Sunday; thus downplaying the earlier reports that suggested the same, sending everyone across the world into a frenzy. After the 82-year-old…

US President Joe Biden on Thursday expressed his scepticism towards the comments Russian President Vladimir Putin made with respect to nuclear weapons at the Valdai Dialogues in Moscow. At the Valdai Discussion Club, Russian president…

But the other interpretation of the Kirk saga is that he revealed unspoken truths accepted by a silent majority in the finance industry, the suspension being a cover-up to maintain the green pretences he had railed against. If this is…

HSBC is in damage control mode after a senior executive said that policymakers and central bankers had exaggerated the financial risk of climate change.Stuart Kirk, the head of responsible investing for the bank’s asset management division,…

Issued on: 19/10/2021 - 18:29 Four years after the #MeToo movement, French victims of gender-based violence are still struggling to obtain justice, with the police accused of failing…