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EU Plans for Company Human Rights, Environment Checks Face New Hurdle
Date: May 31, 2023
EU plans for company human rights, environment checks face new hurdle By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Lawmakers in the European Parliament sought on Wednesday to water down groundbreaking European Union rules that would require large companies to check whether their suppliers abuse human rights or damage the environment. Parliament is due on Thursday to...
Norway Wealth Fund to Vote for Labour Rights Motion at Starbucks Agm
Date: March 23, 2023
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s $1.3 trillion wealth fund, one of the world’s largest investors, will vote in favour of a shareholder motion calling on Starbucks to report on how it respects labour rights, the fund’s manager said on Thursday. The Norwegian fund owns 1.05% of Starbucks’ shares, worth $1.2 billion at the end of 2022,...
Slovenia Elects First Female President
Date: November 14, 2022
By Katja Lihtenvalner LJUBLJANA (Reuters) -Natasa Pirc Musar, a lawyer, won the second round of Slovenia’s presidential election on Sunday and will become its first female head of state, preliminary results showed. Pirc Musar, 54, won 53.86 percent of votes in the runoff, while her rival, right-wing politician and former foreign minister Andze Logar, won...
Germany Warns Its Delegation of Egyptian Spies at COP27
Date: November 14, 2022
BERLIN (Reuters) – German federal police have warned their nation’s delegation at the COP27 environmental summit in Egypt that its members may be subject to spying by Egyptian security agents, three people with knowledge of the matter said. In an email sent on Saturday, the police, known in Germany as the BKA, warned delegates of...
Biden’s COP27, G20 Plans: Talk to Xi, Pressure Russia, Contain North Korea
Date: November 10, 2022
By Nandita Bose and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden starts a week-long trip to Egypt and Asia on Thursday to grapple with some of the United States’ thorniest foreign policy issues, boosted by a better-than-expected showing by Democrats in the midterm elections. Biden hops from an international climate summit in Egypt on Nov....
London Gold Body Plans Expansion to Bring in More Artisanal Metal
Date: October 12, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – The world’s most important certifier of gold refineries said on Wednesday it wants to recognise firms that gather and refine gold dug up by small-scale miners in developing countries. The move by the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) aims to bring more gold into mainstream trade to try to improve conditions for...