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BRUSSELS — When cocoa farmer Leticia Yankey came to Brussels last October, she had a simple message for the EU: Think about the mess your simplification agenda is creating for companies and communities. It …
Europe’s simplification mess frustrates businesses Read More
What happens when the same people who once marched in protest suddenly find themselves inside Town Hall? Tanya Zerbian, Soledad Cuevas, Ana Moragues-Faus and Daniel López-García tell the tale of …
Give and take Read More
Julien Étienne tells the story of the Fens—an engineered landscape that feeds the UK, and whose people are facing critical threats from climate change. The threat of climate change to …
The Breadbasket on Borrowed Time Read More
Ethiopian activist, Million Belay, talks to The Mint about the fight to take back control of Africa’s food. In a world where food is increasingly treated like a financial product—priced, …
An innovative way to innovate Read More
Stewart Lansley argues that too much of the UK’s abundant wealth is the wrong kind. As the dust settles on Labour’s budget, it is worth recalling that Keir Starmer went …
The good, the bad and the wealthy Read More
Planting fields with a variety of strains of each plant makes for a resilient crop in the face of global warming. But global markets create other priorities? Nick Easen writes. …
The growing population Read More
Jack Thompson tells the hidden history of pollution, profiteering and protest behind Britain’s favourite breakfast cereal. Weetabix, the compressed wheat biscuit usually served drowned in milk, is a cereal that …
Episodes in a cereal Read More
Gold has been a symbol of wealth for thousands of years. While humans have used all sorts of instruments as money (salt, coins, banknotes, or now, algorithms), no asset even …
From safe-haven investment to geostrategic weapon: Who owns the most gold and where are the bars kept? Read More
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Cabinet on Friday approved a draft law to determine the extent of losses suffered by Lebanese banks during the country’s financial meltdown in 2019 and provide a mechanism to return …
Lebanese Cabinet approves a draft law to return funds wiped out with the 2019 collapse of banks Read More
The European Union protested on Tuesday at a fishing agreement between Britain, Norway, the Faroes and Iceland, saying it could irreversibly damage the dwindling mackerel population in the North Atlantic. …
EU protests UK-Norway deal allowing mackerel overfishing Read More