Business and Economy

Business and Economy Latest News

Put tobacco-style warnings on social media: US health official
Put tobacco-style warnings on social media: US health official
by  AFP

Social media platforms should feature tobacco-style health warnings for adolescents, a top US government health official said Monday. "It is time to require a surgeon general's warning label on social media platforms, stating that social media is associated with significant mental health harms for adolescents," he wrote.

Over $1 bn to be pledged for Africa vaccine sovereignty: France
Over $1 bn to be pledged for Africa vaccine sovereignty: France
by  AFP

More than one billion dollars will be pledged towards ramping up vaccine production in Africa at a summit held in Paris later this week, France said on Monday. The amount committed by donors -- which include the European Commission, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, South Korea and the United States -- "will exceed a billion dollars", the presidential Elysee Palace said.

Chairman of Italy's state-controlled shipbuilder dies
Chairman of Italy's state-controlled shipbuilder dies
by  AFP

The chairman of Italy's state-controlled shipbuilder Fincantieri, Claudio Graziano, a retired general who once headed the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, has died aged 70, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Monday. "I am shocked by the news of the tragic death of General Claudio Graziano," Meloni said in a statement, describing him "an upright servant of the state".

Energy

Money

Industry

Technology

Economy