Some dreams do come true. At night, I dream of the rising screech of sirens across Jerusalem, of running to a bomb shelter, of thinking wildly about my grown children elsewhere in Israel dashing through dark streets for safety as missiles whoosh overhead. I dream of distant booms that I hope are interceptions and not…
“Why are the wrong people doing the right thing?” Henry Kissinger is supposed to have once asked, in a moment of statesman-like perplexity. That question recurred as Donald Trump, backed by a visibly perturbed vice president and two uneasy Cabinet secretaries, announced that the United States had just bombed three Iranian nuclear sites. It is…
There is no overestimating the triumphalism in the Israeli Prime Minister’s circle, but the cascading effects of the war being waged on Iran are still unfolding. In the days after the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023, Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, evaded any public admission of responsibility for the colossal security failure. He mostly…
On Saturday, President Donald Trump brought the United States into Israel’s war against Iran. American planes and submarines struck three sites in Iran, including two nuclear enrichment facilities—at Natanz and Fordow—and a complex near Isfahan that was believed to contain stores of uranium. The Israeli government had been pushing for Trump to strike, in part…
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This week in ESG news: EU’s EFRAG set to reduce CSRD sustainability reporting datapoints by 50%; Australia launches sustainable finance taxonomy; U.S. SEC drops anti-greenwashing rules for funds; EU Commission to withdraw anti-greenwashing regulations; Amazon buys sustainable fuel for cargo flights; Goldman Sachs launches new sustainable bond funds; IFRS launches sustainability reporting education course; France…
The European Commission revealed on Friday that it plans to withdraw the Green Claims Directive just days prior to trilogue negotiations to finalize the proposed rules aimed at protecting consumers from greenwashing claims about the environmental attributes of products and services, following objections from lawmakers that brought its ability to be adopted into doubt. Following…
Canadian institutional investor, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (La Caisse, formerly CDPQ), announced a new sustainable investing target, aiming to reach $400 billion in “climate action” investments by the end of this decade. The pledge, unveiled as part of La Caisse’s 2025–2030 climate strategy, marks a major acceleration in the asset owner’s efforts…
Donald Trump’s immigration policy will damp the US’s annual potential growth rate © Getty Images Welcome back. Businesses and investors are sensitive to developments in Donald Trump’s tariff agenda. After all, as import duties directly affect profit margins and supply chains, their economic impact feels tangible and imminent. But there is another component of the…
Jay Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve. Traders in the futures market expect the Fed to lower borrowing costs twice this year, beginning in October © Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg The Federal Reserve’s favoured inflation metric is expected to show a slight tick uptick in price pressures in May, with an acceleration in both core and headline…
