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The world’s largest privately owned companies are severely lagging their public market peers when it comes to setting climate targets, according to an analysis by the nonprofit Net Zero Tracker released on Wednesday. Just 32 of the 100 biggest private firms have set a target to reach net-zero carbon emissions, …

Steel prices have fallen to around VND14 million ($570) per ton, the same as in late 2020 when the market was at its most sluggish. The country’s biggest steelmaker, Hoa Phat Group, cut rolled steel and rebar steel prices in mid-October by VND520,000 per ton to VND14.5 million and VND14.6 …

North Korea fired artillery shells off its east and west coasts late on Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, after Seoul kicked off annual defence drills aimed at boosting its ability to respond to the North’s nuclear and missile threats. The North fired some 100 shells into the sea off its …