The amount of debt in the global economy saw its first annual fall in dollar terms last year since 2015, thanks partly to the post-pandemic rebound in growth, but also because of inflatio...
"When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters – one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity." So said former US President John F. Kennedy, and th...
The European Union's economic growth is likely to be stronger than expected this year, the European Commission says. It also believes economic activity will not contract in the first quar...
World food prices fell in January for a 10th consecutive month, and are now down 18% from the record high they hit last March following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations fo...
El Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) ha aumentado ligeramente sus perspectivas de crecimiento mundial para 2023, debido a una demanda "sorprendentemente resistente" en Estados Unidos y ...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has made a slight increase to its global growth outlook for 2023, due to "surprisingly resilient" demand in the United States and Europe, easing ener...
Originally published on 8 February 2022 - this article has been updated.
The year ahead looks better than initially feared for the global economy, but remains fraught with risks, including the potential escalation of the war in Ukraine and the emergence of a t...
Giant bricks are not what most people think of when they hear the words “energy storage”, but they are a key element of a gravity-based system that could help the world manage an increasi...
This article was first published on 4 January 2023, and updated on 20 February 2023.
贝利·吉福德奖是英国的一项年度图书奖，旨在选出最好的英语非虚构作品。其前身是以历史上第一本英语词典的编纂者命名的塞缪尔·约翰逊奖（the Samuel Johnson prize）。塞缪尔·约翰逊奖成立于1999年，评选的书籍涉及所有非虚构写作领域，从时事、历史和政治到体育、科学和旅游，不一而足。
The US Federal Reserve (Fed), European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of England all slowed the pace of their interest rate rises this week, but indicated that the hiking cycle is far from o...
Eurozone inflation eased far more than expected in November, raising hopes that surging price growth is past its peak. But the European Central Bank's (ECB) top names are in disagreement ...
When was the last time you went to a theatre, listened to live music or attended another type of cultural event IRL (in real life)?COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions on socializing preve...
“I hate the cold. I can handle being hungry but not being cold. I just hate the thought of people sitting freezing.”
