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Bahrain wealth fund Mumtalakat anchoring Investcorp $750 million climate fund
DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain-based alternative asset manager Investcorp is launching a $750 million climate fund, anchored by sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat. The fund, Climate Solutions Partners, will ...
Nov 30, 2023
Zimbabwe sees economic growth falling in 2024 due to drought
By Nyasha Chingono HARARE (Reuters) -Zimbabwe's economic growth is expected to fall to 3.5% in 2024 from 5.5% this year, mainly due to an anticipated drought caused by El Nino, Finance Minister Mthuli...
Nov 30, 2023
Exclusive-World’s top MDBs to launch debt-for-nature swap ‘task force’ – sources
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) -The world's top multilateral development banks are set to launch a global "task force" at the COP28 climate summit in the coming days to scale up the number and size of...
Nov 30, 2023
Yellen tours North Carolina lithium plant to bolster Biden’s case on US economy
By David Lawder and Howard Schneider (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen travels to North Carolina on Thursday to tout hundreds of billions of dollars worth of new clean energy investment...
Nov 30, 2023
Embattled Rep. George Santos says expulsion attempt is ‘bullying’
By Makini Brice and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Indicted U.S. Representative George Santos on Thursday struck a defiant note ahead of an expected vote to expel him from Congress and said he w...
Nov 30, 2023
UAE leads climate disaster fund contributions with $100 million pledge
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates will contribute $100 million to a new climate disaster fund, UAE foreign minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed said on Thursday, leading a combined contribution...
Nov 30, 2023
U.S. EPA proposes replacing lead water pipes within 10 years
(Reuters) - The Biden administration announced a proposal on Thursday which would require water systems across the U.S. to replace lead pipes within the next ten years, an issue which has been previou...
Nov 30, 2023
China’s Xi calls for Yangtze River Delta economic and energy powerhouse
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday stressed the need to make major new economic, energy and environmental breakthroughs in the development of the vast Yangtze River Delta reg...
Nov 30, 2023
Pope says he has acute, infectious bronchitis
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Thursday said he was suffering from a highly infectious and acute form of bronchitis that has prevented him from making the trip to Dubai this weekend for the ...
Nov 30, 2023
Key facts about Henry Kissinger, US diplomat and presidential adviser
-Here are some facts on American diplomat Henry Kissinger, who died at age 100 on Wednesday: * He was born Heinz Alfred Kissinger in Furth, a city in Germany's Bavarian region, on May 27, 1923. As an ...
Nov 30, 2023
