Around a third of global electricity production capacity currently comes from low carbon sources, with 26% from renewables and around 10% from nuclear power. The remaining two-thirds come...
This article has been corrected to remove the mention of Italy.
A minimum wage is the lowest rate an employer can legally pay their staff. And most countries have it in place, as a way of stopping the exploitation of workers and also helping lower-inc...
Se le ha llamado la Gran Renuncia, el Gran Desgaste y el Gran Abandono. Comenzó al principio de la pandemia del COVID-19 y, según los últimos resultados, no muestra signos de detenerse.
La crisis económica y política de Sri Lanka, iniciada en abril de 2022, se ha visto reflejada en las pantallas de televisión de todo el mundo. Las protestas han arrasado el país, obligand...
Europe’s economy has been battered by some serious headwinds in recent years, but unemployment rates have not been hit as hard, according to new figures.
The Po, Italy’s longest river, has been a vital transport hub throughout history helping the north of the country develop into an industrial powerhouse. But “the king of rivers” is now dr...
It’s been called the Great Resignation, the Great Attrition and the Big Quit. It began at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and, according to latest findings, is showing no sign of s...
The economic and political crisis in Sri Lanka, which began in April 2022, has been playing out on TV screens around the world. Protests have swept the country, forcing the President to s...
La Gran Renuncia, término acuñado en mayo de 2021, describe el número récord de personas que abandonan sus puestos de trabajo desde el comienzo de la pandemia. Después de un largo periodo...
Drones were first developed for military use, but they’re increasingly being put to work in very different ways. Unmanned aerial vehicles – as they are also known – have been adopted for ...
More and more people around the world pay for goods and services online. The convenience of shopping by phone or other devices is obvious, but what about the potential downsides?
The growing threat to the biodiversity of the planet, upon which life on earth depends, is well documented. It is declining faster than at any other time in recorded history, and this has...
This article was updated on 3 March 2023. It was originally published on 21 July 2022.
As countries around the world look to build and expand cities and infrastructure, they all have a voracious appetite for one thing: steel.
