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As the U.S. and Europe pull back from global climate aid, can Asian funders fill the gap?
Globally, less than 2% of philanthropic giving goes to mitigating climate change. Of that small amount, an even smaller sliver—just 12%—goes to Asia.
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Rosewood Hotels institutes a global 16-week paid parental leave policy as Asia grapples with crashing birth rates
The Hong Kong-based hotel chain hopes to shift attitudes towards caregiving, and “drive business resilience in the long-term.”
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Markets rejoice as deal to reopen Hormuz nears, but U.S. forces conduct ‘self-defense strikes’ on Iranian missile sites and boats laying mines
“U.S. forces conducted self-defense strikes in southern Iran today to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces.”
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McKinsey studied 200 family business successions. The biggest problem wasn’t the heir — it was the outgoing CEO
New research across 50 countries finds family-owned businesses underperform for five years after a leadership transition — and the culprit is usually the person leaving, not the person arriving.
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The energy shock is not over yet
Even with a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, supplies will take time to normalise
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Pope Leo called AI an ‘instrument of domination, exclusion and death.’ Anthropic was in the room
Leo’s first encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas,” was very consciously signed on the 135th anniversary of “Rerum Novarum,” on the first Industrial Revolution.
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Two LNG tankers pass through Strait of Hormuz
Another vessel carrying crude oil crossed the vital shipping lane on Saturday
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Iran is beating Trump at the art of the deal
The war could end with Tehran more confident, more hardline and with new resources to rebuild its nuclear programme