Author: AsiaNews.it

The boat that set sail from the Libyan coast for Italy on 25 January carried 56 people. At least 10 of the dead came from Rajoir Upazila where residents recognised the photos of their lifeless bodies. The victims left home because of poverty and unemployment, taking out loans worth thousands of dollars to pay traffickers. The authorities pledge to arrest the intermediaries.Read More

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With the inauguration of President Donald Trump, and his agenda of narrow economic nationalism, Europe faces hard choices. The new U.S. president inevitably emboldens similar voices in Europe too. Together they stoke fears that Europe’s economies are uncompetitive and ossified, about to be run over by the “animal spirits” unleashed in the U.S. by blanket deregulation, arbitrary tariffs and convenient myopia on our ecological crisis.Read More

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The alternative asset manager took in $33 billion of inflows, driven by its credit-focused strategies and wealth products, while its assets under management jumped 15% to $751 billion. Analysts were expecting a profit of $1.89 per share, according to estimates compiled by LSEG. Fee-related earnings, a measure of the profitability of the company’s asset management segment, rose 21% to a quarterly record of $554 million.Read More

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