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Banks need financial incentives to tackle climate change, warns chief supervisor
FSB’s Dietrich Domanski says without financial incentives like a carbon tax, lenders will resist reforms
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Bad blood between Hungary and Ukraine undermines EU unity on Russia
Budapest’s energy dependence on Moscow and mistrust of Kyiv complicate the bloc’s approach to the conflict
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UK ministers poised to launch £700mn fund to rebuild poorer areas
Initiative, lobbied for by charities and MPs, expected in new year as part of levelling-up agenda
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Year in a word: Polycrisis
Multiple interlinked global emergencies have been unfolding simultaneously
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Xi’s credibility ‘badly wounded’ as China’s Covid death toll mounts
Beijing’s war games with Russia and aggression against Taiwan fail to distract from public health crisis
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In praise of amateurism — a pianist’s story
In her early thirties Nadia Beard has returned to the piano, enrolled at Tbilisi’s conservatoire and found a passion for practice — and a lesson for life
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Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger, 1927 – 2022
German-born theologian became first pontiff to abdicate since the Middle Ages
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Russian bombardment fails to destroy holiday spirit in Kyiv
Christmas tree becomes symbol of resilience despite darkening mood as war takes toll
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