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Sealand: the 'micronation' defying the UK and Covid
Anna Malpas of AFP, Published on 08/12/2021
» SEALAND: It's a hulking metal-and-concrete platform in the North Sea that has been run as an independent micronation in defiance of the UK government for the last 54 years. But even on Sealand, some 11 kilometres off the coast of southeast England, visitors have to show a negative Covid-19 test before being winched up onto the deck.
Luxury goods firms fight fakes with blockchain
Anna Irrera, Bloomberg News, Published on 30/08/2023
» LONDON: For almost a decade, I’ve been listening to digital prophets predict a future where banks save billions of dollars, customers can trace their mangoes back to the organic farm where they were grown, and financial intermediaries are a thing of the past, all thanks to the blockchain. I’ve been waiting for that future to arrive, but I’ve never come across it in my daily life.
Disability Inclusive Employment Policies: an opportunity not a handicap for employers
Anna Gambles, Steps with Theera, Published on 15/07/2019
» Theres probably never been so much focus on the topics of diversity and inclusion in the workplace as there is today.
Migrant workers remain largely unaccepted: study
News, Deepa Bharathi, Anna Engblom & Melissa Alvarado, Published on 18/12/2019
» On Dec 18, 2000, the international community adopted the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. Thus, today we mark what is now known as International Migrants Day. In the 19 years since the convention, we have made it easier to move around our connected world. We have proven that migrant workers make huge financial contributions to the societies they are from and the societies they work in. Women migrant workers especially catalyse large changes at home through their remittances.
Airlines battle polluter stigma
News, Tracy Rucinski & Anna Ringstrom & Matthew Green, Published on 06/06/2019
» In Lorna Greenwood's London home, there is a shelf lined with travel guides. But the 32-year-old mother and former government employment lawyer has given up flying.
Justice must extend to all women
News, Anna Hammargren and Michaela Friberg-Storey, Published on 07/03/2026
» International Women's Day, which occurs tomorrow, often brings statements of support. This year's UN theme asks a harder question -- does justice actually work for women and girls?
Walmart, Verizon in Talks to Test 5G Services in Some Stores
Business, Sarah Krouse, Sarah Nassauer & Anna Wilde Mathews, Published on 03/03/2020
» Walmart Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. are in discussions to outfit the retailer's stores with antennas and other equipment to create 5G wireless service, a high-profile test of the next-generation networks.