Day: July 14, 2025

LyondellBasell improves CDP climate score to A in 2024, strengthening ESG leadership

HOUSTON, July 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) today announced it has improved its climate change score from A-minus to A in CDP’s 2024 assessment, placing the company in the leadership category for the second consecutive year. CDP is the world’s leading environmental disclosure platform, used by investors

EMGA raises US$160m from AIIB for Brazil’s BTG Pactual

Emerging Markets Global Advisory LLP (EMGA) announces today they have delivered another US$160m debt finance for their long-standing Brazil-based client, BTG Pactual. The US$160 million 7-year senior unsecured loan was provided by AIIB, and the transaction follows on from several prior transactions for BTG also advised by EMGA for a

Right-Wing Groups Target Migrants Amid Rising Tensions in Spain

Torre Pacheco: Several people have been injured following anti-migrant unrest in Torre Pacheco, a town in southeast Spain, as tensions continue to escalate. According to France24.com, the unrest began last week after a 68-year-old man was reportedly assaulted by three individuals of North African origin. This incident has intensified the

France Bastille Day: Indonesia Opens Military Parade as the Guest of Honour

Paris: Swooping warplanes, axe-carrying warriors, a drone light show over the Eiffel Tower, and fireworks in nearly every French town marked France’s national holiday celebrations on Monday. The grand event featured 7,000 participants marching, on horseback or in armored vehicles, along the cobblestones of the iconic Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris.

Indonesian Troops Join France’s Bastille Day Military Parade on Champs-Élysées

Paris: France celebrated its biggest holiday on Monday with 7,000 troops marching, on horseback or riding armoured vehicles along the cobblestones of the Champs-Élysées, and flyovers by fighter jets trailing red, white, and blue smoke. The country traditionally marks Bastille Day with a military parade in the capital and, each