The United Nations recently outlined the extent of the problem, saying that 2.7 billion people would face severe water shortages by 2025 if consumption continues at current rates. Today, an estimated 1.2 billion people drink unclean water, and about 2.5 billion lack proper toilets or waste ...
On a recent episode of the People by WTF podcast, the Microsoft co-founder outlined a future where AI tools take over some of the most crucial professions in America, including those in education and healthcare. However, instead of raising concerns, Gates emphasized that this development will b...
SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT: Well, there's a series of tariffs. There's March 4, and then there are the big – the – there's the big tariff program that's going to be outlined on April 2 by commerce and USTR, and that's the president's notion of reciprocal tariffs. ...
On this special edition of The Point, we are taken back to a pivotal moment in global diplomacy: October 25, 1971, when the United Nations passed Resolution 2758, recognizing the People's Republic of China as the sole lawful representative of China at the UN. Joining us today is a unique...
Here we assess the potential implementation of earthquake early warning (EEW) across Europe, where there is a clear need for measures that mitigate seismic risk. EEW systems consist of seismic networks and mathematical models/algorithms capable of real-t
As recently as 2000, beer’s share in the alcohol market was 58%. Over the past several decades, beer’s growth has essentially been flat. Meanwhile, spirits have flourished, especially over the past two decades. “I think there’s just a long arc on these things,” Steinman said. ...
As China has developed, so too has the global economy. For the past 200 years or so, the structure of the global economy was dominated first by the British Empire, and more recently by the U.S. as the global economic hegemon. This system of center-and-peripheries is decentering, with ...
The US used to champion globalization and free trade, so why is it now back-pedaling and turning inward? This is a question raised by Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng recently. Xie's comments came at a point when "de-risking" has become a novel buzzword across Europe and...
Recently, tensions have been rising on the Peninsula. Where does China see a way out of it? Wang Yi:朝鲜半岛问题延宕多年,病根是清楚的,就是冷战残余犹存,始终未能建立起和平机制,未能从根本上解决安全问题。 Wang Yi: The Korean Peninsula issu...
United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said the U.N. is examining the cuts after the Trump administration’s announcement that it is ending 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s contracts. Dujarric told reporters that the U.N. is grateful to the...