Green hydrogen funding is a step forward – but a step doesn't win the race
May 11, 2023 15:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views
It sounds like a lot. Kickstarting green hydrogen in Australia with A$2 billion to subsidise early production and making the energy-dense gas competitive. A goal of up to a gigawatt of electrolyser capacity within seven...
Excessive personal consumption has serious global consequences
May 11, 2023 15:55 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Climate change is a global problem. Its origin is less so, however, because we do not all contribute equally: the countries that suffer the most from the impacts of climate change are precisely those that are the least...
Israel at 75: how inept British intelligence failed to contain Jewish independence groups
May 11, 2023 15:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Before they were Israeli, the Jewish community of Palestine the Yishuv had been Britains close junior partner. A dispute over Britains restrictions on Jewish immigration to Palestine began in 1939, but was set aside...
Blockbuster exhibitions: how France is organising to tackle their mammoth environmental footprint
May 11, 2023 15:52 pm UTC| Insights & Views
On the website of the Rijksmuseum, the blockbuster exhibition on Johannes Vermeer (10 February 4 June 2023) is branded the largest exhibition ever. However, visitors hopes are soon dashed by a note informing them the show...
May 11, 2023 15:49 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The COVID-19 pandemics public health emergency status in the U.S. expires on May 11, 2023. And on May 5, the World Health Organization declared an end to the COVID-19 public health emergency of international concern, or...
For Tunisia’s muzzled media, Arab Spring is now a distant memory
May 11, 2023 14:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Every afternoon before I leave the office, I turn off my phone and remove the SIM card. I dont want to authorities to track my whereabouts. Ayman (anonymised for protection) is one of Tunisias most prominent media...
What is insider trading? Two finance experts explain why it matters to everyone
May 09, 2023 04:02 am UTC| Economy Investing Insights & Views
Insider trading is the term used to describe the illegal act in which someone relies on market-moving, nonpublic information to decide whether to buy or sell a financial asset. For example, say you work as an executive...
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