In Indonesia, plastic waste is a very modern-day enemy. It’s such a problem that, last year, the army was called in to scoop it out of the river in the country’s third-largest city of Ban...
Around the world, the achievements of women are being celebrated on International Women’s Day, which began back in 1911. But the day also highlights the work that remains to be done in or...
Just a week before International Women’s Day, a new group of female leaders has voiced its fears that full gender equality may not be achieved - and that it’s actually being eroded.
ベネチアのロマンチックなゴンドラ下りが、2019年の「やりたいことリスト」に挙がっているのなら、若干の費用負担を覚悟した方が良いかもしれません。イタリア政府が観光客に対して、新たな税金を課そうとしているからです。
In 2018, it became fashionable to calculate the ‘cost per wear’ (CPW) of a clothing item - the lower the cost, the more value the wearer was getting for their shiny new leather jacket or ...
The Big Apple has taken a bite out of Silicon Valley to become the world’s top tech city, according to a new index.
In 2024, it's thought that around half of the global voting population will go to the polls in 72 countries in what is billed as a super election year.
Mohammed Hassan Mohamud has never seen snow. But this week, the deep drifts that sit like thick icing atop the Congress Centre will become familiar as he takes up the role of Co-Chair at ...
Diet fads come and go, like New Year’s resolutions, and often have little impact on our waistlines.
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If a romantic gondola ride in Venice is on your bucket list for 2019, it will cost you slightly more for the experience now the Italian city has introduced a new ‘tax’ on tourists.
Whether they like it or not, the clothes worn by royalty and first ladies sometimes get more column inches than the causes they support - think Meghan Markle’s wedding dress and Melania T...
El progreso en la igualdad de género se está desacelerando. Al ritmo actual de cambio, llevará 108 años cerrar la Brecha Global de Género, que ahora es del 68%. Eso agrega ocho años a la ...
Progress on gender equality is slowing down. At the current rate of change, it’s going to take 108 years to close the Global Gender Gap, which now stands at 68%. That adds eight years to ...
They might not have won the FA Cup - or even be in the Premier League - but UK football team Forest Green Rovers has been honoured by the UN for being as ‘green’ as the turf the play on.
