Families of Titanic sub’s victims could still sue despite liability waivers 

By Jack Queen (Reuters) -Liability waivers signed by passengers on a submersible lost at sea during a dive to the Titanic wreck may not shield the vessel’s owner from potential lawsuits by the victims’ families, legal experts said. The Titan submersible vanished on Sunday roughly two hours into its dive and was found in pieces…

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EBRD lends 50 million euros to Ukraine’s Ukreximbank

KYIV (Reuters) – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will provide a 50-million-euro ($54 million) loan to one of Ukraine’s biggest banks, state-owned Ukreximbank, under an agreement signed on Friday. Matteo Patrone, EBRD’s Managing Director for Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, said in a statement that the funding would help keep finance flowing to…

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Rich nations pledge to unlock hundreds of billions of dollars for climate fight

By John Irish and Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) -Multilateral development banks like the World Bank are expected to find $200 billion in extra firepower for low-income economies by taking on more risk, a move that may require wealthy nations to inject more cash, world leaders said on Friday. The leaders, gathered at a summit in…

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