By Agence France-Presse Billionaire Indian industrialist Gautam Adani, whose business empire has been rocked by US bribery charges against him, is one of the corporate world’s great survivors. The tycoon — a close ally of Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi — oversees a vast conglomerate encompassing coal, airports, cement and media operations. The US […]
The Biden administration has moved to forgive about $4.7 billion in US loans to Ukraine, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Wednesday, as outgoing officials seek to do what they can before leaving office to bolster Ukraine in its war against Russia. A funding bill passed by the US Congress in April included just […]
Legislation put forward by the UK’s new Labour government to renationalise the country’s rail services, most of which are privately owned, was on Wednesday given the go-ahead by parliament. The bill will bring rail operators into public ownership when the private companies’ contracts expire — or sooner in the event of poor management — and […]