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A legal challenge against an onshore oil project in Horse Hill, Surrey will be heard in the Supreme Court on 21 and 22 June. The years-long case challenges Surrey County Council’s failure …
Pivotal case against UK fossil fuel project gets its day in the Supreme Court Read More
Solomon Owa’s fingers work quickly as he speaks over the hum of his sewing machine. That’s because the hum of his sewing machine might stop at any moment. “In a …
Africa’s Richest City Is Crumbling Under Chaos and Corruption Read More
On May 16, frustrated with an unexpected internet shutdown in Pakistan, Karachi-based app developer Wajahat Karim posted a poll on LinkedIn. The 32-year-old asked his connections if they wanted to move …
Pakistan’s 4-day internet shutdown was the final straw for its tech workers Read More
After ballooning for years, CEO pay growth is finally slowing. The typical compensation package for chief executives who run S&P 500 companies rose just 0.9 percent last year, to a …
US: CEOs got smaller raises. It would still take the average worker 2 lifetimes to make their annual pay Read More
A lorry driver has said Suella Braverman’s plan to end reliance on foreign workers by training more Brits ignores the awful working conditions putting people off the job. The home …
HGV driver says training more Brits won’t solve awful working conditions Read More
It is eleven o’clock in the morning at the Madrid headquarters of the Renta 4 bank and a group of eight young people from various countries are typing away concentrated …
AI: When the machines tell you where to invest: ‘You won’t always win’ Read More
“Sleep is for the weak.” This expression is often tossed around jokingly. However, some effective altruists believe there is a moral imperative to get the human race to sleep less, …
Effective Altruists Want to Engineer People to Sleep Less So They Can Work More Read More
The collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory building on the outskirts of Bangladesh’s capital city, Dhaka, on April 24, 2013 killed 1,138 people. Its legacy one decade on is a mix of …
10 years after Rana Plaza, fast fashion still resists change Read More
Amid waning consumer trust and regulatory pushbacks, African crypto startups are dealing with the lack of venture dollars needed to gain competitive advantage against local and global counterparts. Chiamaka, a …
Africa fell in love with crypto. Now, it’s complicated Read More
The Swedish Presidency’s progress on the regulation to prohibit products made with forced labour from the EU is “good news, but not enough”, according to the European Parliament’s co-rapporteur on …
Progress on forced labour products ban too slow, says leading rapporteur Read More