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Dear DOGE, it's high time to tear down those dams!
News, Tom Zoellner, Published on 12/07/2025
» No big government infrastructure project made an imprint on the landscape and economy of the West more than the US Bureau of Reclamation's 20th century dam-building spree, which peppered 490 dams across the country, created an agricultural civilisation dependent on federal hydrology civil engineering, and brought about a welter of environmental difficulties after drying up dozens of once-healthy rivers.
China ramps up global yuan push
News, Samuel Shen & Tom Westbrook, Published on 03/05/2025
» As Chinese President Xi Jinping toured Southeast Asia last month to forge closer ties against higher US tariffs, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) was seizing a moment of confusion and disruption in global trade to promote greater usage of the yuan.
Inside rightist YouTube world embraced by Yoon
News, Ju-min Park and Tom Bateman, Published on 17/12/2024
» When South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol cited claims of election hacking and "anti-state" pro-North Korean sympathisers as justification for imposing a short-lived martial law, right-wing YouTuber Ko Sung-kook had heard it before.
Time to prepare for 'Disease X'
Oped, Tom Achoki, Lawrence Were & Ahmed Ogwell, Published on 04/06/2024
» On Dec 12, 2019, a group of patients in Wuhan, China, started showing symptoms of an atypical pneumonia-like illness that did not respond well to standard treatments. Ninety days later, with more than 118,000 cases reported in 114 countries and 4,291 deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Covid-19 a pandemic.
Gap between jobs no longer a red flag
Business, Tom Sorensen, Published on 31/05/2024
» You might find yourself between jobs because that was what you wanted, and it was your own decision to take a break. Good for you.
Teaching firms about public health
Oped, Tom Achoki, Published on 21/02/2024
» Corporations are increasingly moving into the public health domain. Companies like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are being "pulled" by market opportunities for non-traditional actors to "disrupt" health care. Others are being "pushed" by the imperative -- highlighted by events like the Covid-19 pandemic -- to act as responsible community stakeholders, such as by helping to address health inequities.
Musk loses $56bn case to heavy metal drummer
Business, Tom Hals of Reuters, Published on 05/02/2024
» WILMINGTON, DELAWARE: Elon Musk suffered one of the biggest legal losses in US history last week when the Tesla CEO was stripped of his $56 billion pay package in a case brought by an unlikely opponent, a former heavy metal drummer.
They're lying to your face: 5 recruitment scams
Business, Tom Sorensen, Published on 01/11/2023
» You are at risk of being scammed or cheated by job recruiters who show no moral principles and who are unethical in their business practices.
Political fears hit China stocks
Business, Tom Westbrook, Published on 29/04/2023
» Decades-long foreign bullishness on China's capital markets is breaking down, investment flows and interviews with fund managers suggest, with a new era of uncertainty fuelled by geopolitical risks and US investors especially wary.
Dealing with an interviewer who won't shut up
Business, Tom Sorensen, Published on 27/04/2023
» You are really in big trouble if you come across a job interviewer who just keeps talking.