The leaders of Brazil and France have announced a plan to invest $1.1 billion in the Amazon rainforest, including French Guiana, over four years. The investment will involve state-run Brazilian banks and France’s investment agency. French President Emmanuel Macron and his Brazilian
Freeholders are set to be stripped of more than £7bn in a “Stalin-like wholesale redistribution of wealth” by the Conservatives which will leave a £1bn blackhole in the Treasury coffers. MPs and property experts have raised the concerns about the impact of
Britain’s buoyant tourism industry will deliver a £3.2 billion economic lift this Easter as millions of families holiday at home. Analysis by Visit England shows 11 million people will take a staycation over the upcoming long weekend as the good times return.
Despite critics claiming he is poor, Donald Trump has revealed that he has nearly half a billion dollars in cash, approaching the deadline to pay his $464 million New York bond. Trump’s lawyer has previously stated that the former president cannot afford
A U.N. humanitarian official has appealed for over $4 billion in aid for 10 million Syrians. The Syrian conflict, marking its 13th anniversary, has claimed nearly half a million lives and devastated significant portions of the nation. The humanitarian situation has worsened,
Illegal profits from forced labor worldwide have surged to $236 billion annually, with sexual exploitation responsible for three-fourths of the earnings. The International Labor Organization has reported a 37% increase in profits from forced labor compared to a decade ago. Forced labor
The European Union has pledged an $8 billion aid package to Egypt to address economic issues and increased migration. The aid deal was signed by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Cairo. Attendees at
An ex-BBC presenter has been embroiled in a bitter row with an LBC caller over Britain’s house-building crisis. Lewis Goodall, who previously worked for Sky News and Newsnight, was hosting his afternoon slot on LBC, when a caller from Essex accused him
A Herculean underground train project costing an estimated £2.9 billion in an ancient European city is finally set to be completed a decade later than planned. Greece’s Thessaloniki Metro was originally due to be completed in 2012 providing rapid transport to over
Truong My Lan, a real estate tycoon, faces the death penalty in a trial that began on Tuesday for alleged fraud amounting to $12.5 billion. Lan, the 66-year-old chair of Van Thinh Phat real estate company, allegedly utilized thousands of ghost companies,