by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 11, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Pandemic, Policy
While China’s infection rate is low by global standards, President Xi Jinping has doubled down on a zero-COVID policy that authorities say is needed to protect the elderly and the medical system, even as other countries try to live with the virus. So far the country...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 11, 2022 | Health, International News, Policy
“Adding health warnings on individual tobacco products will help ensure that these essential messages reach people, including the youth, who often access cigarettes one at a time in social situations sidestepping the information printed on a package,”...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 11, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Technology, Wealth Management/ Philanthropy
Billionaire and Alibaba founder Jack Ma The company’s stock market listing was hastily shelved at the behest of Beijing in November 2020. At the time, it was slated to be valued at around $315 billion and planned to raise $37 billion, which would have been a world...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 11, 2022 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
Responsible management of Africa’s natural capital, including its water, soil and forests, “creates fantastic opportunities and contributes to the growth and development of the continent,” Rachael Antwi, group head of ESG at Ecobank said Financial institutions that...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jun 11, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Policy, Reinsurance
The sources, who declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the issue, said Russian central bank-controlled RNRC was now the main company providing state guarantees to Russian insurance firms that offered cover such as Ingosstrakh, which insures Russian...
