‘Greenwashing’ has gone mainstream, with both governments and corporations profiting without taking any real steps to protect the climate Banks and corporations making pledges of ‘net-zero’ emissions are taking the public for a ride, according to a new United Nations report released at this week’s COP27 climate change conference. “We must have zero tolerance for…

The economic bloc is working to harmonize criteria and principles for admitting new members, the Russian foreign minister said More than a dozen countries have expressed an interest in joining the BRICS group, which incorporates some of the world’s major emerging economies, as the bloc gains more global standing, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said…

Ukrainian forces attempting to take the city of Kherson have failed to make further advances, a senior regional official has reported. The frontline near the city remains “difficult but stable,” Kirill Stremousov, the deputy head of the administration of Kherson Region, stated on Wednesday. In particular, Ukrainian forces “had their ass handed to them” during…