Put-in the diary: Biden to meet Russian President in June May 25, 2021 Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin will meet in Geneva for face-to-face talks next month. The meeting will be the first since Biden took the Presidency in January 2021. The White House said the conversation would touch on “the full range of pressing issues,” with relations between the two sour. Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump had a [...]
Hating Peter Tatchell director Christopher Amos on the controversial campaigner May 21, 2021 Launching on Netflix today is the documentary Hating Peter Tatchell, a look at the life of one of the most high-profile LGBTQ+ rights activists in the world. For most of his life, Tatchell has been on the front line of the fight for LGBTQ+ liberation, often using extreme means to get a media spotlight on [...]
Hating Peter Tatchell review – a profile of an anarchic hero May 20, 2021 The advent of social media has made activism a daily practice for many, and something that’s witnessed by many more. From symbolic gestures to mass demonstrations, it feels as though mobilising a group to get their voices heard is easier than ever. Hating Peter Tatchell looks at a man who was putting a spotlight on [...]
Deutsche Bank taps US general counsel to lead white collar crime unit May 18, 2021 Deutsche Bank has tapped its US general counsel to become global head of anti-financial crime and group anti-money laundering officer, the lender said today. In a memo to employees seen by Reuters, the German banking giant said Joe Salama would head up its efforts to crack down on white collar crime. Deutsche Bank has come [...]
Ranked: These countries have the most female billionaires May 16, 2021 Female billionaires are significantly less in the spotlight compared to their male peers. To establish which countries in the world have the most female billionaires, we zoomed in on the women featuring on the latest data from the most recent Forbes World’s Billionaires List, powered by Money Transfer. The United States has the most female [...]
World Uyghur Congress hits out at City of London Corporation’s China stance May 14, 2021 A non-profit group representing the world’s Uyghur Muslims has accused the City of London Corporation’s bosses of siding “with oppressive Chinese forces” for not holding Beijing to account for its human rights abuses. The World Uyghur Congress sent a letter, seen by City A.M., to City of London Lord Mayor William Russell and the powerful [...]
80 per cent of BP shareholders reject climate proposals to reduce emissions May 12, 2021 Shareholders have voted against a plan that would have forced BP to strengthen its climate commitments. More than 79 per cent of investors voted against a resolution proposed by shareholder group Follow This, which pushes oil companies to reduce their emissions. BP said that 20.6 per cent of votes were in favour of the plan. [...]
Queue must be joking: Floridians rush out to panic buy fuel despite being unaffected by pipeline problem May 11, 2021 Long queues for petrol formed in Florida today as locals rushed out to panic buy fuel, despite being largely unaffected by the Colonial Pipeline outage. For the last few days residents in Tallahassee, a city in Floria, have rushed to fill up their vehicles with petrol, causing a local shortage of fuel, news website the [...]
Rolls Royce puts Norwegian unit back up for sale after Oslo blocked deal with Russians May 10, 2021 FTSE blue-chip Rolls Royce’s Norwegian maritime engine unit Bergen is back up for sale, less than two months after Oslo blocked a previous deal for it to be sold off to a Russian company. “The sale process has restarted,” a source told Reuters today. Norway in March stopped Rolls Royce from selling Bergen for €150m [...]
Missing doctor who treated Kremlin critic Navalny found after three-day search May 10, 2021 A Siberian doctor who treated poisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny reappeared today after being reported missing while on a hunting trip, Russian news agencies have said. A search was launched in forests 1,370 miles east of Moscow, after Alexander Murakhovsky left a hunting base in an all-terrain vehicle on Friday. Murakhovsky left the forest himself [...]