RIO DE JANEIRO: Some 39 chief executives of banks, investment funds and insurance firms pledged at a Rio+20 business forum to integrate the Earth's natural capital into loans and investments. Twenty years after the first Earth Summit highlighted the importance of the natural environment, they unveiled a "Natural Capital Declaration" that commit their companies also to reporting or disclosing on the theme of natural capital and accounting for natural capital in accounting frameworks. Natural ...
Tuesday, 19 June 2012
Tense Iran Nuclear Talks Resume in Moscow
MOSCOW — Talks between Iran and six world powers went into a second day on Tuesday morning, as negotiators sought a compromise that would head off the danger of military confrontation over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions. Connect With Us on TwitterFollow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors Monday’s talks made it clear that the room for agreement is vanishingly small. Iran has signaled it may be willing to stop enriching ...
Syria crisis: US and Russia divided on Assad's future - live updates
• Obama and Putin call for peace but split over Assad • Robert Mood to brief UNSC on suspended observer mission • Muslim Brotherhood vows to defy Egypt's generals Share 7 Email Matthew ...
Muslim Brotherhood to march against Egypt military
Members of the Muslim Brotherhood will take part in protests across Egypt to demonstrate against sweeping new powers taken by the ruling military council.Over the weekend, the generals issued two decrees dissolving the Islamist-dominated parliament and claiming all legislative power for themselves. MPs are also expected to try to enter the parliament building on Tuesday. Meanwhile, with ...
Europe's leaders have hit back at 'lecturing' by some countries
MARK COLVIN: The Prime Minister Julia Gillard has just held a late night press conference in the Mexican resort town of Los Cabos, after a day of meetings with G20 leaders. Discussions were predictably dominated by the eurozone crisis and Julia Gillard has been at the centre of the action. But European leaders have also hit back at what's been perceived in some quarters as "lecturing" by other countries. North America correspondent Jane Cowan is in Los Cabos, Mexico. Jane, first of all ...
Russia to send ships, marines to Syria: report
MOSCOW — Two Russian navy ships are completing preparations to sail to Syria with a unit of marines on a mission to protect Russian citizens and the nation's base there, a news report said Monday. The deployment appears to reflect Moscow's growing concern about Syrian President Bashar Assad's future. The Interfax news agency quoted an unidentified Russian navy official ...
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