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The contours of US President Donald Trump’s trade strategy are becoming clearer by the day. America’s trading partners face dramatic threats. But, as the revamp of the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement and the “reform” and renaming of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) demonstrate, most countries need to offer only minor concessions to appease Trump. The only country Trump really cares about – his “public enemy number one” – is China

22 октября 2018 5 мин. 6351

Canelo Alvarez Set To Be World’s Highest-Paid Athlete After Blockbuster $365 Million Contract

Boxer Saul “Canelo” Alvarez scored one of the biggest paydays in the history of sports in the wee hours of Wednesday morning when he signed a deal with sports streaming service DAZN for 11 fights over the next five years

19 октября 2018 3 мин. 6442

What Does It Cost To Live Like The Richest People In The World?

Bad news — of a very mild variety — for anyone with a couple billion tucked away in the underground lair out back: Living a truly posh lifestyle has gotten juuust a bit pricier over the last 12 months

18 октября 2018 4 мин. 6746

Winning the War on Tuberculosis

The world is finally waking up to the threat posed by one of the most overlooked diseases of our time. Last month, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) hosted the first-ever high-level meeting on tuberculosis (TB) to explore options for international eradication efforts. But, as welcome as this new global focus is, the fact remains that the road to beating TB begins in Africa

17 октября 2018 4 мин. 3907

Will China cease oil production in 5 years? Russia in 19?

Will China terminate oil production within five years and Russia within nineteen, as prophesied by Saudi Arabian prince Muhammad bin al-Saud in his October 5 interview with Bloomberg News?

16 октября 2018 5 мин. 4970

The World's Most Reputable Companies For Corporate Responsibility 2018

The past year has seen much of the global business community doing damage control, and tech titans—untouchable as they may seem—have not been immune to the reputation crisis

15 октября 2018 9 мин. 6956

The Global Promise of Digital Health

n his recent best-selling book Factfulness, the late international health expert Hans Rosling shows that horrors such as natural disasters, oil spills, and battlefield deaths are trending steeply downward, and that harvest yields, literacy rates, and other development indicators are on the rise. Taking a fact- and evidence-based approach, Rosling makes the case for optimism in what seems like an increasingly chaotic world