How new social housing can help fight climate change
Mar 08, 2021 07:46 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Homes are the places we spend most of our time, especially during lockdown. Heating your home in winter can be expensive, and comes at a huge environmental cost too. Technology to make homes more self sufficient could help...
Global obsession with economic growth will increase risk of deadly pandemics in future
Mar 08, 2021 07:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
As governments around the world roll out COVID-19 vaccine programmes and seek to kickstart their economies back to life, recovery seems to be within reach. However, hard questions must not be sidestepped. How did this...
Mar 08, 2021 07:43 am UTC| Economy
The oil industrys lobbying arm, the American Petroleum Institute, suggested in a new draft statement that it might support Congress putting a price on carbon emissions to combat climate change, even though oil and gas are...
Mar 08, 2021 07:38 am UTC| Economy Technology
Electronic music is the fifth-most-popular music genre globally. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating for the electronic music industry. Its estimated value fell from US$7.3 billion in 2019 to US$3.3 billion...
Why the return of high inflation can no longer be excluded
Mar 08, 2021 07:36 am UTC| Economy Insights & Views
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused worldwide economic devastation. In the EU and the United States, many early emergency measures sought to address the shortcomings and disorganization of health care systems. Other policy...
S. Korea’s food price increase 4th-highest among OECD members
Mar 08, 2021 06:34 am UTC| Economy
South Korea had the fourth-highest food price increase rate among 37 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in January, primarily due to bird flus impact on agricultural...
Ford dismisses ITC's criticism over SK deal for not being based on hearing
Mar 05, 2021 23:59 pm UTC| Economy
Ford Motor Co on Friday dismissed criticism from the U.S. International Trade Commission for not being based on a public interest hearing, noting that it committed to SK Innovations battery programs before any misconduct...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects