G20 Summit in Brazil falls short on climate finance resolution; fails to lift spirits at COP29The G20 summit concluded without concrete progress on climate finance, disappointing COP29 president Mukhtar Babayev who had hoped for a st...
19 Nov, 2024, 11.22 PM IST
Big money to respond to climate change is key to UN talks in Baku; How can nations raise it?At COP29 in Baku, wealthy nations are exploring financial mechanisms to assist developing countries in addressing climate change. While the...
19 Nov, 2024, 01.54 PM IST
New Zealand plans digital services tax for multinationals from 2025More than 140 countries were supposed to start implementing next year a 2021 deal overhauling decades-old rules on how governments tax mult...
29 Aug, 2023, 03.05 PM IST
Cyclone recovery expected to cost New Zealand billionsNew Zealand said Monday it was likely to cost billions of dollars to recover from Cyclone Gabrielle as the national state of emergency was ...
20 Feb, 2023, 01.35 PM IST
New Zealand lawmakers confirm Chris Hipkins as new prime ministerHipkins, 44, was the only nomination for the job and his confirmation in a meeting on Sunday by the 64 lawmakers, known as the Labour caucu...
22 Jan, 2023, 08.01 AM IST
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern resigns, 'I no longer have enough in the tank’Ardern, 42, became the youngest female head of government in the world when she was elected prime minister in 2017, at the age of 37.
19 Jan, 2023, 06.12 PM IST
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tests positive for COVID-19Ardern had been symptomatic since Friday evening, returning a weak positive at night and a clear positive on Saturday morning on a rapid an...
14 May, 2022, 09.10 AM IST
Tiger Global’s 34% tumble brings Coleman’s firm back to earthThe firm’s first serious bump was during the 2008 financial crisis, when it lost 26%, followed by a 1% gain the next year. Coleman regroupe...
03 Apr, 2022, 10.22 PM IST
Ambitious but cornered, Myanmar army chief took full powerA senior diplomat based in Yangon said Min Aung Hlaing had been driven by personal interest. "There was no path for him to assume a leaders...
02 Feb, 2021, 03.08 PM IST
Rio Tinto to close New Zealand smelter and ax 1,000 jobsRio Tinto said it will wind down operations over the coming months and close the plant next August. It said the plant lost $30 million last...
09 Jul, 2020, 12.16 PM IST
How Bangalore Club wrote off the Rs 13 Winston Churchill owed it as 'irrecoverable debt'Established in 1868, the 11.5-acre club was initially meant only for the British.
09 Aug, 2019, 01.37 PM IST
After well-being Budget, NZ ushers in bank deposit protectionNew Zealand is proposing deposit protection of up to NZ$50,000 ($33,000).
24 Jun, 2019, 02.06 PM IST
Blackrock is buying bonds at risk from Fed hikesIf Fed sticks to its path of three hikes in 2018, short-term yields will climb even higher
11 Dec, 2017, 11.16 AM IST
ICC U19 World Cup 2018 launched in New ZealandICC chief executive David Richardson extolled the importance of the U19 Cricket World Cup in grooming players from around the world.
30 Nov, 2017, 12.20 PM IST
- Assange remains in London jail as bail decision challenged
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was set for another night in a British jail Tuesday after he first won bail but prosecutors then said they...
15 Dec, 2010, 02.58 AM IST
- UK court grants bail to WikiLeaks' Julian Assange
A British judge granted bail to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday, saying he must abide by strict bail conditions as he fights ex...
14 Dec, 2010, 09.23 PM IST
- Whisky on a high in India, China
Ninety years after Johnnie Walker stopped making Scotch in Annandale, David Thomson wants to put the distillery back on the whisky map of t...
03 Dec, 2009, 12.14 AM IST