Governments and investors are seeking minerals, timber and oil in the Congo Basin to fuel the global economy and the green transition. However, communities that have lived in the world’s second-largest rainforest for generations are paying the highest price for extraction, according to a new report published ahead of the upcoming United Nations Climate ChangeContinue Reading

The Kessler Collection and Highgate Form Strategic Alliance

ORLANDO, Florida—The Kessler Collection announced a strategic alliance with Highgate. Through the collaboration, the two companies are forming a new luxury and lifestyle hotel management platform. Highgate manages a portfolio of hotels globally. Under this alliance, Highgate will assume management of several of Kessler’s hotels in the United States…Continue Reading

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The Federal Aviation Administration says it plans to reduce air traffic by 10% across 40 “high-volume” markets beginning Friday morning to maintain safety during the ongoing government shutdown. (AP Production: Marissa Duhaney). Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/homeContinue Reading

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A Ukrainian assault company marched south into the contested center of Pokrovsk But it wasn’t a counterattack Elite Ukrainian forces have deployed into Pokrovsk to help cover a wider retreat from the city Pokrovsk and neighboring Myrnohrad could fall to attacking Russians any day now When a company from theContinue Reading

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Moldova is breaking cultural ties with Russia. On 5 November, the Moldovan government officially approved an initiative to close the Russian Cultural Center in the capital Chișinău, known as the “Russian House”, as per Nokta.  The Russian center organized so-called “educational” events, children’s competitions, and youth meetings to promote Moscow’sContinue Reading