the last earthquake to rupture the entire length of the southern San Andreas Fault in California was in 1857. The average time period between big quakes there is estimated to be somewhere between 100 and 180 years. According to
Completed in 1465, the palace was the Ottoman sultans’ principal residence and administrative headquarters for 4 centuries. It’s as lavish as you can imagine a sultan palace would be, with the addition of opulent pavilions, a great sea-view terrace, and a substantialimperial haremthat is basi...
digital age: How trade, finance, people, and data connect the world economy The McKinsey Global Institute The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), the business and economics research arm of McKinsey & Company, was established in 1990 to develop ...
With the exception of Morocco, where there has been a big investment in agent networks, and Ghana where insurance growth is catching up to GDP, growth in Africa’s insurance sector is being driven primarily by economic growth rather than deepening market penetration. And where penetration is occu...
However you experience this World Heritage Site of the Great Barrier Reef, choose an ethical operator—Master Reef Guidesfeatures best-practice companies who contribute to research in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. But while marine marvels are the big ticket here, there’s more on offer. T...
But it turned out that ‘bourgeois nationalism’ in China was very weak and largely found in places under strong foreign influence, most notably Shanghai. That it was never going to be strong enough to rule unless the West suddenly decided to help it. (Which did later happen elsewhere in ...
“Dr. No” was not Ian Fleming’s first novel about the master spy known as 007, but it was the first to be adapted for the big screen. Many of the tropes of the series are established in this first installment, from the Jamaica setting to the attractive local shell diver, Honey Ryde...
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digital age: How trade, finance, people, and data connect the world economy The McKinsey Global Institute The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), the business and economics research arm of McKinsey & Company, was established in 1990 to develop ...
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