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United Kingdom pushes green transition scheme
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 01/01/2025
» The United Kingdom has launched a green transition investment initiative to help members of the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) tackle climate change.
Former Merkel rival aims to become chancellor
News, Sarah Marsh, Published on 24/09/2024
» Squeezed out of top-level politics by his arch-party rival Angela Merkel more than two decades ago, Friedrich Merz is on course to land his first-ever government job as Germany's next chancellor. The conservative Christian Democrat Party (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, which together are topping nationwide polls, last Tuesday agreed to nominate Mr Merz, 68, as candidate for chancellor in next year's federal election.
Should ChatGPT write your CV?
News, Sarah Green Carmichael, Published on 10/07/2024
» Artificial intelligence is already making it easier for workers to put together a job application. The jury's still out on whether it's also making it easier for them to get the job.
Henry Kissinger brought Germany redemption
News, Andreas Kluth, Published on 01/12/2023
» His timbre was just one reason I always looked forward to hearing Henry Kissinger, who died yesterday after living a full century, expound on international relations. It was gravelly and deep, and grew only more so over the years. But it wasn't just the voice. It was his unique accent, eccentric to some but strangely familiar to me.
Past offers a way forward in Ukraine
News, Andreas Kluth, Published on 02/09/2023
» It seems increasingly likely that the Ukrainians won't be able to drive out the Russian invaders, and that the Russians won't succeed in swallowing any more of Ukraine either. What, aside from unimaginable human misery, comes next?
Remote work risks making low-wage jobs worse
News, Sarah Green Carmichael, Published on 10/08/2023
» The popular image of the remote worker is often of a highly educated, laptop-toting professional comfortably situated in a large suburban home or in some Instagrammable Airbnb. The reality is different. Of the roughly 10% of employees who say they always work from home, most are lower-paid workers in support roles -- wearing headsets and logging in from their apartments, probably in the cheaper outskirts of a large city. Their numbers are expected to increase in the years to come.
Forget lazy 'trend' pieces about working women
News, Sarah Green Carmichael, Published on 10/03/2023
» Every year when International Women's Day approaches, news publications seize the opportunity to run stories about how women are faring in the workplace. The annual observance is a good opportunity to take stock of progress -- or the lack of it -- in gender equality.
Italian-Thai model charged in Ponzi case
News, Post Reporters, Published on 21/01/2023
» The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) on Thursday night pressed charges against Italian-Thai model, Sarah Casinghini, for harbouring a fugitive.
Suspect denies fraud charges
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 20/01/2023
» A Singaporean man arrested over his alleged involvement in the Forex-3D Ponzi scheme has denied all charges levelled against him, as authorities moved to charge his Italian-Thai wife for harbouring a fugitive.
Singaporean suspect denied bail
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/01/2023
» The Criminal Court on Wednesday denied bail to a Singaporean held over alleged connections with the Forex-3D Ponzi scheme.