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Does International Cooperation Require Shared Values?

Between escalating trade disputes and the divisions at the G7’s summit this month, the breakdown of global governance has become starkly apparent. The United States can no longer be counted on to uphold, much less enforce, existing rules, and countries more broadly cannot be assumed to agree on, much less adhere to, a common set of norms. Does this mean the rules-based world order is doomed?

04 июля 2018 5 мин. 6474

8 Soccer Players At The World Cup Who Have Been Caught Up In Tax Scandals

On June 14, 2018, soccer’s most famous event, the World Cup, kicked off

03 июля 2018 9 мин. 4526

The New Natural World

Sixty-six million years ago, a celestial body crashed into the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. With that, there was space for the rise of mammals and, eventually, the evolution of a tool-wielding, linguistically capable, bipedal ape with the power, some argue, to have almost as transformative an impact on the planet as that celestial body. As we enter the so-called Anthropocene epoch, in which human activity is a dominant influence on the climate and environment, we must take a hard – and nuanced – look at how we are using that power

02 июля 2018 5 мин. 6214

Mini-Grids for Rural Growth

More than 300 million people in India lack access to electricity, while in Sub-Saharan Africa, twice that many live without power. With population growth forecast to exceed connection rates, “energy poverty” is expected to worsen before it improves

29 июня 2018 5 мин. 6183

How Instagram Is Eating The World

Last week, Instagram sent the worlds of entertainment, content and social media into a collective fit with its announcement of IGTV, a longer-form vertical video service

28 июня 2018 7 мин. 5989

Nurali Aliyev launched a Kingdom of Snow Leopard Conservation Project in Kazakhstan

Johan Nilson, famous explorer, a Guinness World Record holder, will become the Ambassador of the First International Snow Leopard Foundation in Kazakhstan

27 июня 2018 5 мин. 6716

Financial Equality for Women Farmers

Around the world, social movements like #MeToo and #TimesUp are inspiring important conversations about the inequitable practices women have long faced in every aspect of their lives. In some cases, these discussions have led to measurable changes in how women are treated on the job, at home, and elsewhere in society

26 июня 2018 4 мин. 5639

Why 'Solo' Box Office Failure May Have Saved 'Star Wars'

Collider broke a big exclusive, claiming that Lucasfilm is putting the brakes on any additional Star Wars Story spinoffs, including James Mangold's Boba Fett flick and Stephen Daldry's Obi-Wan Kenobi movie, after Solo: A Star Wars Story