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South Africa’s minerals resources minister has voiced his opposition to BHP’s £31bn proposal to take over Anglo American, ...

Azerbaijan said it is “working on” submitting a national climate plan that is aligned with the 1.5C warming goal of the Paris ...

Emmanuel Macron has warned that the EU is facing a “mortal” threat from economic decline, rising illiberalism, and return of ...

MPs have written to the government demanding clarity on plans for the UK’s new post-Brexit border controls after the Financial Times revealed that crucial checks on imports would not begin by next ...

A US banking regulator has paused plans to rein in the influence of large investors on individual lenders after it became clear at an open meeting that neither of two rival proposals had majority ...