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Life in EPL not so sweet for the Cherries
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 03/09/2022
» Watching a football manager trying to explain away a heavy defeat in post-match interviews is never a pleasant experience.
Incoming UK prime minister Truss faces a country in crisis
AFP, Published on 05/09/2022
» LONDON: The UK's new prime minister, Liz Truss, takes power following a "summer of discontent" and as Britons tighten their belts in response to double-digit inflation and soaring energy costs.
Truss to meet cabinet, face MPs on first full day in power
AFP, Published on 07/09/2022
» LONDON - Britain's new prime minister Liz Truss convenes her senior ministers for an inaugural cabinet meeting on Wednesday on her first full day in office, before she faces a barrage of questions in parliament.
Haaland haunts Dortmund as Man City win but Chelsea held on Potter debut
AFP, Published on 15/09/2022
» PARIS - Erling Haaland scored an acrobatic late winner against his old club as Manchester City beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday, while there were hard-earned victories for Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain.
Ethereum upgrade slashes energy use by 99%
Published on 15/09/2022
» A major software upgrade to the Ethereum blockchain aimed at drastically reducing its energy usage has been completed, Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum inventor and co-founder said on Thursday.
Central banking must go green
Oped, Published on 20/09/2022
» Just as there is no question that climate change brings enormous economic and financial risks, there should be no question that central banks can and must play a role in addressing this mother of all market failures. As central banks in the United States and Europe tighten credit to regain control of inflation, they should also use their supervisory and monetary-policy tools to catalyse and incentivise the transition to a carbon-neutral economy. Inaction is not an option, even if most central banks have not officially incorporated climate-risk management into their mandates.
How to balance sustainability
Oped, Published on 30/09/2022
» As the global population rises, we are projected to need up to 50% more food by 2050 than we needed in 2012. We face a huge challenge to feed the world while at the same time protecting our forests from agricultural expansion, which drives almost 90% of deforestation globally.
The 'satanic mills' of Bezos and Amazon
Oped, Published on 11/10/2022
» With Britain suffering through its worst cost-of-living crisis in decades -- owing to high inflation and soaring energy prices -- hundreds of workers at an Amazon warehouse in Coventry since last month demanded a wage hike. If the demand is not met, they say they will go on strike in November, just ahead of Black Friday and the holiday shopping season. As with other recent labour actions by US rail workers and British Royal Mail employees, the Amazon workers' move has kicked off a debate about who is to blame for the threatened disruption: the elves in the workshop or Father Christmas?
Trade with China actually boosts US employment
Published on 15/10/2022
» American trade with China has not proved pivotal to the loss of US jobs and in fact such engagement boosts employment overall, according to new studies highlighted by an influential Washington-based think tank and top American university on Friday.
Who could replace UK's under-fire premier Liz Truss?
AFP, Published on 18/10/2022
» LONDON - UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has vowed to lead Britain's Conservatives into the next election -- due within two years -- but after a disastrous six weeks in Downing Street many doubt she will remain leader long.