IN 2024, climate catastrophes cost the global economy US$320 billion. This was 30 per cent higher than the year before, making it the most expensive year on record for natural disasters. As ...

Indonesia and France will sign an agreement Friday for the transfer of a Frenchman who has languished on death row since 2007 for alleged drug offences, an Indonesian minister and sources close to the ...

Business and political leaders alike are feeling their way as Trump reshapes the world in America’s favour. Appealing to his economic self-interest is one approach. Former US climate envoy John Kerry ...