经济增长
Boy Scouts will allow girls to join. But not everyone's happy
For over 100 years, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has been a boys-only club. But not any more. The organization has just announced that it is going to welcome girls.
Alex Gray
Alex Gray is a Senior Writer at Formative Content. Recoded to Forum Agenda on 29/05/24.
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教育与技能
The Middle East's biggest ride-hailing firm is hiring women drivers in Saudi Arabia
The Middle East’s biggest ride-hailing firm, Careem, is reportedly planning to hire up to 100,000 female chauffeurs in Saudi Arabia following the Kingdom’s landmark ruling allowing women ...
公民社会
现代奴隶贸易背后的惊人数字
我们也许会认为奴隶制早已经是过去时了，但事实上并非如此。据一个报告称，全球至少有四千万人被卷入现今的奴隶贸易。奴隶贸易就发生在我们身边，发生在全球的每个角落。
自然与生物多样性
The Dutch have built a cycle lane from used toilet paper
Can you imagine cycling on a road made from used toilet paper? The Dutch – known for their love of two-wheeled transport – are doing just that, thanks to an innovative waste recycling sch...
深度地理
“未富先老”，中国应该怎么办？
在过去的几十年中，如果我们要讨论全球经济增长，中国是无法避开的话题。尽管最近几年中国经济增长放缓，但中国经济仍然是全球GDP增长最大的贡献者。
Voici le montant de la dette de votre pays par habitant
“Ne soit ni un emprunteur ni un prêteur”, dit Polonius à son fils Laërte dans Hamlet (Shakespeare).
公民社会
The shocking numbers behind the modern slave trade
We might like to think that slavery is a thing of the past, but in fact in the 21st century the opposite is true. There are over 40 million people across the world caught up in the modern...
经济增长
These are the 10 most innovative countries in the world
Switzerland is the world’s most innovative country. Its capacity for innovation and the quality of its scientific research institutions are just two of the factors that have enabled this ...
气候行动
This is how airlines are coping with extreme weather
There has been much discussion about the contribution of aviation to global greenhouse gas emissions.
教育与技能
A short history of banned books
This article was updated in September 2019.
健康与医疗系统
India will take over from China to drive the third great wave of Asian growth - Deloitte
For the past few decades, we haven’t been able to talk about global growth without mentioning China. Despite the recent slowdown, the Chinese economy remains the single largest contributo...
Treinta años atrás el mundo prometió reparar la capa de ozono. Y lo hizo
¿Podría ser el Protocolo de Montreal el tratado más exitoso del mundo?
自然与生物多样性
Ships are triggering intense lightning storms
Heavily-laden ships carrying trade around the world leave behind a trail of storms and lightning.
第四次工业革命
How the Internet travels under the sea in super-fast cables
Microsoft and Facebook have just laid a super-fast 4000-mile (6437-km) internet cable across the Atlantic. When it goes live next year, it will transmit data at 160 terabits per second – ...
经济增长
This is how much debt your country has per person
“Neither a borrower nor a lender be,” Shakespeare’s Polonius warns his son Laertes.