Liz Cheney announces she's officially running for re-election
Issuers of bonds that raise cash for "green" projects should voluntarily apply industry standards to avoid hoodwinking investors, Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said on Wednesday. Bonds whose proceeds are used to finance sustainable activity passed the $1 trillion mark globally last year for the first time, the FCA said in a policy statement on integrating environment, social and governance (ESG) issues into UK capital markets. Regulators globally are looking at how to limit "greenwashing", or giving investors a flattering picture of sustainability as ESG funds attract trillions of dollars.
The Republican, a county clerk, is facing criminal charges for tampering with election equipment
Dark clouds loomed over Manhattan as stormy weather brewed in the New York City area on June 27.Video captured by photographer @paris24122 from Cliffside Park in New Jersey shows the moody clouds lingering above the skyline. Credit: @paris24122 via Storyful
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong was spotted in Glasgow ahead of his gig in the city.
Dame Deborah James had a “special gift” which allowed her to have “difficult conversations” with the public that would ultimately save “countless lives”, a charity boss has said. The podcaster, who died on Tuesday, became a patron for Bowel Cancer UK following her diagnosis in 2016 and worked to raise money for and awareness of the charity. Its chief executive Genevieve Edwards told the PA news agency her legacy would live on through her campaigning work.
A car crash involving three vehicles has caused a road to be blocked.
‘Thailand pass’ and mandatory health insurance to be scrapped
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The TV presenter mistook the device for a vitamin tablet
Global coronavirus infections have increased by 20% and deaths have risen in half of the six WHO regions.
NATO leaders will formally invite Finland and Sweden to join the alliance Wednesday after the two Nordic countries reached an agreement with Turkey, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office said Helsinki and Stockholm agreed “to cooperate fully with Turkey in its fight” against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party and other groups Ankara considers terrorist organisations. Read FRANCE 24's coverage below to see how the day's events unfolded. All times are
The Russian view of the world was ‘something to worry about’, Ben Wallace said.
Judge sets hearing for 12 July, meaning abortions up to six weeks of pregnancy can resume for at least two weeks
Chadwick is the dominant force of the all-female racing series, established in 2019 to serve as a springboard to F1
The meeting will be held in Kabul and could last three days
The Man in Black is back! And Ariana DeBose joins as a glum twentysomething trawling dating apps. Has the show that once asked the biggest questions about humanity and technology really come to this?
The widow of slain police officer Andrew Harper said she believes he is “smiling down at me with pride and love” after her campaign in his memory became law. Lissie Harper, 31, was compelled to lobby the Government after being “outraged” by the prison sentences handed to the three teenagers responsible for killing her husband while he responded to a burglary, hours after he was due to clock off and begin his honeymoon. She told the PA news agency it is important to mark the law change as a positive, but said she feels she will “never be able to move on” from her husband’s death.
The Pole’s record-breaking 36th successive win poses questions about how far she can go – both at Wimbledon and in the future
Nelson Piquet has apologised "wholeheartedly" to Lewis Hamilton - but "strongly condemns any suggestion" the expression he used when referring to the F1 ace during an interview was intentionally racially offensive. The three-time world champion - who is the father of Max Verstappen's partner, Kelly Piquet - used a racial slur in Portuguese when discussing a collision between Hamilton and Verstappen during the 2021 British GP on a Brazilian podcast last November.
The Chancellor told MPs the difference between the SNP and his own party is the Conservatives choose to support public services.
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