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The Wisconsin Supreme Court delivered a victory for environmentalists on Tuesday in the fight over ‘forever chemicals’, known as PFAS, issuing a ruling that advocates said will hold polluters accountable. The liberal-controlled court ruled that...

Almost everyone who walks the halls, corridors and the Ring Road on the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies knows at least one of the enterprising vendors who operate across the campus. Those who have spared the time to interact with...

The war between Israel and Iran has raised concerns that Iran could retaliate by trying to close the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important oil chokepoint due to the large volumes of crude that pass through it every day. The United States...

We are living through turbulent times. The postwar international order that the United States largely designed and built is in crisis, with multilateralism – its guiding principle – under serious strain. This decline was long in the making. During...

President of the United States Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to keep TikTok running in the US for another 90 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American...

The demand for workers with artificial intelligence-driven skills is accelerating in all industries, globally. This was one of the findings of a report summarised in last Wednesday’s Gleaner titled The Fearless Future: PwC’s 2025 Global AI Jobs...

With earnings and employment in the business process outsourcing sector having hit a plateau in the last year, logistics is said to be emerging as the next driver of foreign exchange earnings and jobs. Wayne Sinclair, president of the Global...

The Bank of England warned on Thursday about the “highly unpredictable” geopolitical environment as it kept its main interest rate unchanged at the two-year low of 4.25 per cent. With concerns mounting over the conflict between Israel and Iran, and...

Brazil auctioned off several land and offshore potential oil sites near the Amazon River on Tuesday as it aims to expand production in untapped regions, despite protests from environmental and Indigenous groups. The event came months before Brazil...

America’s financial outlook has darkened under Donald Trump’s leadership. All three major credit rating agencies now rank US federal debt one notch below triple-A, and Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, warns of a crack in the US...

Medical Disposables and Supplies Limited has chalked up another year in the red. But CEO Kurt Boothe says the end of the downturn is in sight. The distribution company made a net loss of $281 million at year ending March 2025, which was a better...

Federal Reserve officials expect inflation to worsen in the coming months but they still foresee two interest rate cuts by the end of this year, the same as they projected in March. The Fed kept its key rate unchanged for the fourth straight...