World Economic Magazine

The social cost of carbon and inequality

The social cost of carbon is a monetary metric for the damage caused by the emission of an additional tonne…

6 years ago

Mexico agrees domestic production of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine

Mexico will produce Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 domestically, its foreign minister said on a visit to Moscow, in…

6 years ago

Hong Kong passes immigration bill, raising alarm over ‘exit bans’

Hong Kong's legislature passed on Wednesday a controversial immigration bill, which lawyers, diplomats and right groups fear will give authorities…

6 years ago

Myanmar unity government tells ASEAN no talks until prisoners freed

Myanmar's pro-democracy unity government, which includes members of parliament ousted by the military coup, has told Southeast Asia's regional bloc…

6 years ago

From Amazon to Tata, industry steps up to combat India’s coronavirus crisis

Sachin Ravikumar, Nivedita Bhattacharjee, Chris Thomas Global and Indian firms are flexing their industrial muscle to help the world's second…

6 years ago

A cargo ship carrying ten Chinese sailors was infected with Another variant of Covid-19

Chinese officials did not say whether they had been infected with the coronavirus variant that is rapidly spreading in India.…

6 years ago

Yemen’s Houthis say fired drone at southern Saudi air base

Yemen's Houthi forces on Wednesday launched a drone at a military air base in the southern Saudi Arabian city of…

6 years ago

Australia marks 25 years since worst mass shooting

Australia marked the 25th anniversary of the country's worst mass shooting on Wednesday in which a lone gunman killed 35…

6 years ago

India’s coronavirus death toll surpasses 200,000 after record case surge

India's COVID-19 death toll surged past 200,000 on Wednesday as shortages of oxygen, medical supplies and hospital staff compounded a…

6 years ago

U.S. Navy ship fires warning shots after close encounter with Iranian vessels

A U.S. military ship fired warning shots after three vessels from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) came close…

6 years ago