Month: November 2020

Proposals that concern the preservation of nature and the conservation of protected species, contained in a draft new Environment Bill, will impact planners and developers in England.

QAnon’s days as a solely US phenomenon are over. The conspiracy theory’s foothold in Japan – home to one of its most active networks outside the US – shows how the movement can be made palatable in a range of countries as it gains popularity from Europe to Brazil.Research by social media analytics firm Graphika shows the Japan-based QAnon community is among the most developed international chapters, with distinct terminology, influencers, and behaviours – such as idolising Michael Flynn, a…

Twitter has suspended a Thai pro-royalist account linked to the palace that an analysis found was connected to thousands of others created in recent weeks spreading posts in favour of King Maha Vajiralongkorn and the monarchy.The review by Reuters found tens of thousands of tweets that an expert said appeared to be from accounts amplifying royalist messaging in a push to counter a months-long protest movement that has swollen from opposing the government to breaking a long-standing taboo by…

The East Asian powers are moving on climate change. In recent months, South Korea has launched a Green New Deal and committed to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Japan has also pledged net-zero emissions by 2050. In September, Chinese President Xi Jinping surprised the United Nations General Assembly by committing to achieving carbon neutrality before 2060. With these countries responsible for one-third of global emissions, East Asia’s growing ambition is the biggest international…

As Typhoon Vamco, the deadliest storm of the year for the Philippines, battered the country’s main island of Luzon earlier this month, Jake Raven, a 24-year-old native of Cagayan province, in Luzon’s northern tip, was watching closely from Singapore. Raven moved to the city state as a high school student to live with his parents, who emigrated in 1993. Just two months ago, he lost his job in the food and beverage industry, one of the many casualties of the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite his…

A hotly disputed election in Gilgit-Baltistan, part of the wider Kashmir region administered by Pakistan that borders China, has not delivered the mandate for annexation that Prime Minister Imran Khan was hoping for, amid swirling allegations of federal interference in the electoral process.For the first time since Gilgit-Baltistan’s legislative assembly was established in 2009, the party of power in Islamabad has failed to win a clear majority in the region’s elections. Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek…

Ray Dalio, the American billionaire founder of asset management firm Bridgewater Associates, is opening a family office in Singapore to run his investments and philanthropy throughout the region.Dalio has long held ties to Asia and Singapore, and felt it was “high time” to open a family office there, his spokesperson said in a statement, without elaborating on the timing or staffing plans.For Asia’s super-rich, Singapore family offices keep the cash churningThe Bridgewater founder “has had for…

Banks and other financial and payment institutions do not need to meet a specific list of European Banking Authority’s (EBA’s) regulatory guidelines relating to the termination of outsourcing agreements unless they are outsourcing “critical and important functions”, the EBA has confirmed.

UK businesses should consider what action they can take now to avoid being potentially disadvantaged in cross-border commercial disputes following the end of the Brexit transition period.

April Horsman tells HRNews that it is the effect of workplace bullying or harassment that is the central issue when managing allegations.