By ALANA BENSON of NerdWallet Both sides of the political spectrum have their say about ESG: It’s either just a label that costs more, or it’s saving the world. Environmental, social and corporate governance criteria are factors for evaluating investments and companies, but have those criteria created any change? This piece examines a few examples
Continue Reading By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Norwegian who is aiming to be the fastest climber to scale all the world’s 14 highest mountains said Tuesday that she can achieve her goal in half the time she initially planned. Kristin Harila, on return to Nepal’s capital from the mountains on Tuesday, said
Continue Reading By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The EU is warning of “solidarity fatigue” toward Ukrainian refugees as the bloc’s economy slows, affecting poor families in particular. EU officials say the warm welcome for millions of Ukrainians is also being offset by the creeping influence of Russian propaganda. About 4 million Ukrainians are being
Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Sweden’s defense minister says his country’s top priority is to gain full NATO membership before the allied leaders gather for their mid-July summit. In Japan for talks his Japanese counterpart and other officials Tuesday, Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson said the addition will make the trans-Atlantic alliance
Continue Reading By PAOLO SANTALUCIA and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has made a quick trip to a hospital for tests. The visit on Tuesday came more than two months after he was hospitalized with an acute case of bronchitis. The ANSA news agency said that Francis went to Rome’s Gemelli hospital for
Continue Reading By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — High-profile proposals to help build a stadium for the Oakland Athletics and lure major film makers to Las Vegas through billions of dollars in tax credits are in flux after Nevada lawmakers adjourned their four-month legislative session early Tuesday. Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, says she has no interest in becoming the new leader of NATO as the trans-Atlantic military alliance seeks a successor to Jens Stoltenberg. Stoltenberg, a former Norwegian prime minister, has been NATO secretary general since 2014. His term was due to expire
Continue Reading By AARON FAVILA and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press ABOARD BRP CABRA, Philippines (AP) — U.S., Japanese and Philippine coast guard ships have staged law enforcement drills in waters near the disputed South China Sea as Washington presses efforts to reinforce alliances in Asia amid an increasingly tense rivalry with China. The weeklong exercises include a
Continue Reading By R.J. RICO Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta City Council has approved funding for the construction of a proposed police and firefighter training center, rejecting the pleas of hundreds of activists who packed City Hall and spoke for hours in fierce opposition to the project they decry as “Cop City.” The vote early
Continue Reading By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran claimed on Tuesday that it had created a hypersonic missile capable of traveling at 15 times the speed of sound, adding a new weapon to its arsenal as tensions remain high with the United States over Tehran’s nuclear program. The new missile —
Continue Reading By BRIAN MELLEY and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has entered a courtroom witness box and sworn to tell the truth in testimony against a tabloid publisher he accuses of phone hacking and other unlawful snooping. Harry alleges that journalists at the Daily Mirror and its sister papers used unlawful techniques
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — German authorities detained a second man Tuesday in connection with a racist arson attack on a shelter for asylum-seekers 32 years ago in which a Ghanaian man was killed. Federal prosecutors said Peter St., whose full surname wasn’t released due to privacy rules, was detained by police in the western state of
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has arrived at a London court ahead of his testimony against a tabloid publisher he accuses of phone hacking and other unlawful snooping. The prince arrived at the High Court in a black SUV. Harry has made a mission of holding the U.K. press to account for what he sees
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Continue Reading By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government has adopted a revision to the country’s plans to use more hydrogen as fuel. The plan sets an ambitious target to increase the annual supply by six times from the current level to 12 million tons by 2040. It also pledges 15 trillion yen ($107
Continue Reading By OLEG CETINIC and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French unions are seeking to reignite resistance to President Emmanuel Macron’s higher retirement age with what may be a final surge of nationwide protests and scattered strikes. A third of flights were canceled at Paris’ Orly Airport on Tuesday because of strikes and about
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks drifted higher Tuesday amid a vacuum of market-moving data, nudging Wall Street closer to the edge of what’s called a bull market. The S&P 500 rose 10.06 points, or 0.2%, to 4,283.85. It’s just 0.2% away from finishing a day 20% above where
Continue Reading SYDNEY (AP) — A man who admitted killing American mathematician Scott Johnson by punching him from a cliff top at a gay meeting place in Sydney in 1988 deserves no leniency and should face the longest time in jail, the victim’s brother said Tuesday. Scott Phillip White, 52, appeared in the New South Wales state
Continue Reading HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s government says it’s seeking a court order to prohibit people from broadcasting or disseminating the protest song “Glory to Hong Kong” after it was mistakenly played as the city’s anthem at several international sporting events in the past year. The government said that the lyrics of the song contains
Continue Reading By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Senior diplomats from China and the United States have held “candid and productive” talks in Beijing and agreed to keep open lines of communication to avoid tensions from spiraling into conflict. Daniel Kritenbrink, assistant U.S. secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, is the
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