The lack of a binding legal definition for greenwashing presents a hurdle to regulators tackling investment funds that exaggerate their sustainability credentials, a global securities watchdog said in a report on Monday.Trillions of dollars have flowed into funds that tout their environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, but IOSCO, which…

Taiwan’s 2024 election must be free from “outside interference,” Washington’s top diplomat in Taipei said on Monday, adding that U.S. policy towards the island will remain the same whomever wins.President Tsai Ing-wen and other officials have warned that China might try to sway voters towards candidates seeking closer ties with…

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan claimed on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be tried as a “war criminal” after Israel’s war against Hamas has concluded.Erdogan does not recognize Hamas as a terrorist organization and has been deeply critical of Israel’s campaign in Gaza. He compared Netanyahu to genocidal…

Venezuela approved a referendum to take over the neighboring oil-rich Essequibo region controlled by the sovereign nation of Guyana after a vote Sunday, according to election officials. The government of President Nicolás Maduro put forward a referendum to claim sovereignty over the oil- and mineral-rich area of neighboring Guyana it argues…

EXCLUSIVE – Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., demanded an investigation into allegations that a controversial United Nations agency’s employee detained one of the hostages kidnapped by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. “The United States will not be complicit in propping up Hamas’ terrorism, and this report further proves why…

U.S. and Japanese military divers recovered what could be the remains of crew members and wreckage from the U.S. Air Force Osprey aircraft that crashed near Japan last week, the Air Force announced Monday.The CV-22 Osprey was carrying eight American service members when it crashed off Yakushima Island during a…

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget is calling on congressional leadership to approve additional funding for Ukraine in its war against Russia, warning that there will be no money by the end of the year to support Ukraine without action from Congress.Office of Management and Budget director Shalanda Young…

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says foreign terrorists are responsible for a Sunday bombing during a Catholic mass in the country’s south that killed four people and wounded dozens of others. ⁠⁠The bomb went off during in a gymnasium at Mindanao State University in southern Marawi city, officials said. The military…

Three commercial vessels were attacked in the Red Sea on Sunday, prompting a U.S. warship to shoot down multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) headed toward them.The development could signify a serious escalation in a series of maritime attacks in the Middle East linked to the Israel-Hamas war.”Today, there were four…

During a United Nations climate event, Pope Francis, who was absent due to illness, shared his opinions on climate change, claiming it is a “religious problem,” according to Crux Catholic Media. In remarks read by the Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Pope Francis said there is an…