Новости за 18.02.2024

New York (AFP) Feb 15, 2024
A pair of large investment companies with nearly $7 trillion in assets, said Thursday they exited a climate change investor initiative that aims to pressure companies to quickly cut carbon emissions. JPMorgan Asset Management, which manages $3.1 trillion in assets, has not renewed its membership in Climate Action 100+, saying through a spokesperson that it will oversee its stewardship on cli

Rome (AFP) Feb 16, 2024
A trial pitting Italian energy giant Eni against environmental groups hoping to force the state-controlled company to slash its emissions and admit its contribution to climate change opened in Rome Friday. Greenpeace Italy and fellow campaigners ReCommon filed the suit along with 12 citizens from areas of Italy severely affected by extreme weather events. The group accuses Eni of policie

Paris (AFP) Feb 16, 2024
A new artificial intelligence tool that promises to create short videos from simple text commands has raised concerns along with questions from artists and media professionals. OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT and image generator DALL-E, said Thursday it was testing a text-to-video model called "Sora" that can allow users to create realistic videos with simple prompts. The San Francisco-ba

Brussels (AFP) Feb 16, 2024
The European Union on Friday announced a probe into a subsidiary of Chinese rail giant CRRC suspected of using state subsidies to unfairly undercut European rivals. Launched against a backdrop of rising trade tensions between China and the 27-nation bloc, the investigation is the first under new EU foreign subsidy rules that took effect last year. Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Br

Brussels (AFP) Feb 16, 2024
France and Germany on Friday refused to back a watered-down agreement on controversial EU rules covering app workers in the gig economy, European diplomats said. The European Union's objective was to bring in bloc-wide rules that supporters hoped would improve conditions for app workers in the gig economy by reclassifying some as employed. But the latest text scaled back those efforts, b

Beijing (AFP) Feb 17, 2024
China and Britain should "strengthen exchanges and cooperation", Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi told his UK counterpart on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, state media in Beijing said on Saturday. China and the UK have traded barbs in recent months over accusations of human rights abuses and espionage. The Chinese foreign ministry said last month it had sentenced a Brit