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JPMorgan, Chase and HSBC reportedly unwittingly processed payments for Wagner warlord Prigozhin

bne IntelliNews September 25, 2024

Leading western banks JPMorgan Chase and HSBC reportedly unwittingly processed payments for companies linked to Russian warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, the late leader of the Wagner Group Private Military Company.

Global access to energy starts to fall for the first time in a decade, says IEA

bne IntelliNews July 1, 2024

Population growth means that for the first time in a decade access to global energy has begun to fall despite the massive investment going into clean energy to fight the climate crisis, the International Energy Agency said in a new report.

Russia's nuclear diplomacy binding emerging markets to the Kremlin

Ben Aris in Berlin May 14, 2024

Currently, Rosatom controls approximately 70% of the world export market for the construction of nuclear power plants where emerging powers in the global south are trying to boost their energy production and turning to Moscow for nuclear power.

The 'wet-bulb' set to kill hundreds of thousands of people if temperatures and humidity levels continue to rise

Ben Aris in Berlin April 22, 2024

Temperatures are continuing to rise to new all-time highs as global warming accelerates. People have started to die because of the extreme heat and it’s only a matter of time before the “wet-bulb” effect kills large numbers of people.

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