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Liuyang Blast Kills 37, Threatens 60% of China Fireworks
The shockwave from the Liuyang fireworks factory explosion has rippled far beyond the 37 dead and 51 injured. For a city that built its identity on gunpowder an
HSBC Sells Canadian Retail Operations to RBC
It’s been about two years since HSBC was caught quietly selling off its Canadian retail operations, a move that marked a strategic retreat from a...
HSBC Froze Hong Kong Activist Accounts in 2020
Six years on, the HSBC account-freezing incident still sits at the center of a question that has no comfortable answer: how far will a global bank go to keep ac
South Korea Plant Fire Kills 14, Injures 60
A devastating fire broke out at a car parts plant in Daejeon, South Korea, on March 20, 2026, resulting in the loss of 14 lives and injuring 60 more. The incide
MONEY & FINANCE
HSBC, 2023 and billion-dollar exposure to China’s
It's been about three years since HSBC was caught in the crosshairs of a billion-dollar exposure to China's collapsing property developers, a crisis that began...
CORPORATE CRIME
HSBC Paid $1.9B in 2012 Mexican Cartel Laundering Deal
It's been about 14 years since HSBC was caught in the Mexican drug-cartel money-laundering case, a scandal that would go on to have significant repercussions...
POLITICS
ENVIRONMENT
UN Climate Panel Retires RCP8.5 Worst-Case Scenario
The United Nations climate committee has formally scrapped its worst-case warming scenario. The move, finalized earlier this month, retires RCP8.5 and its succe
INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT
Ukraine Faces Massive Refugee Crisis as War Drags On
Eight million Ukrainians are no longer in their homes. They live in other people's houses, in school gyms, in tent camps, in basements. Another six to seven mil
