Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has ruled that Germany’s Climate Change Act does not provide for sufficient measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from 2031.
Vexed over coronavirus response, young Thais set up Facebook group to share tips on moving abroad
Hundreds of thousands of Thai students and young professionals dissatisfied with the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and the slow pace of vaccinations have formed an online group to discuss ways to quit the country for good.The Facebook group called “Migrate” has garnered more than 800,000 members in less than a week of being set up. It has become a platform for people to discuss pathways for emigration, with participants seeking advice and Thais already living abroad sharing…
Chinese ships join salvage efforts for doomed Indonesian submarine Nanggala-402
Three Chinese vessels, one with a manned submersible capable of descending to 10,000 metres (32,800ft), have arrived in Indonesian waters to help retrieve a submarine that sank and broke apart last month, killing 53 on board, an official said.Indonesian navy officials and experts have acknowledged how difficult the salvage operation will be to recover the Nanggala-402 submarine lying on the seabed off Bali.“What’s most important is lifting the biggest parts of the ship from the seabed,”…
Matthew Taylor: ‘change the tax system’ for sake of gig economy
Diane Nicol and Chris Thomas tell HRNews about the structural flaws with the gig economy model
Employee share ownership ‘could kickstart post-Covid recovery’
An expansion of employee share ownership in the UK could help boost post-pandemic business recovery by tackling the productivity crisis and improving outcomes for low-paid workers, experts have said.
Coronavirus: ‘vaccine tours’ to US, Russia offered to wealthy Thais fretting over slow roll-out
Travel agencies in Thailand are selling coronavirus “vaccine tours” to the United States, as some wealthy Thais grow impatient awaiting mass inoculations that are still a month away amid the country’s biggest outbreak so far.The tours reflect global differences in vaccinations, with the US and Britain making swift immunisation gains, but many lower income nations – and increasingly their well-off citizens – are still working to secure doses.Bangkok tour operator, Unithai Trip, has packages from…
Biotech investments in Germany ‘could prove to be a treasure trove’
The success of BioNtech has shone a spotlight on Germany’s biotechnology research strength, but German companies have work to do to match the commercialisation of research achieved in the US and China.
Japan offers defence tools to Philippines amid China’s claims in South, East China seas
Japan has begun providing the Philippine military with life-saving equipment adopted by the Self-Defence Forces, said defence and foreign ministry officials, making it the first time Tokyo has offered SDF equipment to a foreign armed force using its official development assistance (ODA).The supply of the equipment, also available for civilian use, is intended to strengthen defence ties with the Philippines as the two countries are faced with China’s assertive claims in the East and South China…
Stranded Australians in India feel ‘betrayed, abandoned’ by coronavirus travel ban
When Australian citizen Vikas Mahajan travelled to India in February with his wife and two small children to help look after his elderly parents, he did not expect to be caught up in the country’s devastating second wave – or to be banned from returning home to Melbourne. “We’re feeling betrayed and unfairly targeted by the federal government’s controversial decision. The Australian government has abdicated all its responsibility towards its citizens and left us all to die here,” the 41-year…
The listing review means changes for the UK IPO market
The UK government is set to press ahead with reforms designed to attract a greater number of high growth companies to float on UK public markets.