The Group of 20 leading economies will take a decision on extending the current suspension of debt repayments by the poorest countries closer to the end of the year, putting off assurances of additional relief as the global pandemic ravages nations around the world. All member countries have started implementing the Debt Service Suspension Initiative…
Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) director general Yuriy Ganus has issued a public declaration that he will not kill himself as a row between the anti-doing body and the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) intensifies. It stems from an ROC-commissioned audit of RUSADA, carried out in March and April, which examined the operational effectiveness of the organisation,…
I type Klarna into TikTok, a social app Im told will help unearth the secrets of Gen Z. What appears is anything but secret: video upon video of teens and twentysomethings, mainly women, in despair at the temptations of buy now, pay later and their huge unpaid balances. The footage is creative and self-deprecating. One…
Troubled national sporting organisation Equestrian Australia has avoided liquidation with creditors having agree to support administrator KordaMenthas proposal to reform the sport. In June, Sport Australia forced the NSO into voluntary administration, deeming its governance unacceptable after the resignation of eight directors and three chairs in just over 16 months. As of Tuesday this week,…