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A more circular world will require new collaborations that can address stalemates, reshape standards and speed efforts to tackle the climate.

Top stories: New lockdown in Auckland, New Zealand; WHO calls for vaccine supply and distribution to be accelerated; Vaccination programmes continue around the world.

   How did Russia manage to reappear on the world stage and play a weak hand so effectively? In her book, Putin’s World, author and foreign policy expert Angela Stent examines the countrys turbulent past, how it has influenced Putin, the Russians understanding of their position on the global stage and their future international ambitions. Angela Stent is director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies and a professor of government and foreign service at Georgetown U...

A new Ipsos-World Economic Forum survey finds that across 27 countries, an average of 65% of all adults think that, in their country, someone’s race, ethnicity, or national origin influences their employment opportunities.

COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in worldwide school closures and children falling behind. Digital learning has proven to be an essential tool in education.

In this edition of the China in Africa podcast, we pull the focus back to look at China’s rapidly evolving foreign policy agenda in this new era of Western populism led by Donald Trump in the United States. François Godement, Director of the Asia and China Program at the European Council on Foreign Relations in Paris, joins Eric and Cobus to discuss his latest paper, “Expanded Ambitions, Shrinking Achievements: How China Sees the Global Order.” Recommendations The Economist, April 8, 201...

Denmark is building an artificial island in the North Sea that will be capable of meeting the electricity needs of 3 million households.

HR leaders are uniquely positioned to work with communities, schools and governments to build sustainable work solutions and help rebuild the economy.

Three missions have reached the Red Planet in the past few weeks, and there’s perhaps never been a better time to establish inter-planetary prowess.

From cattle, to oil palm and soy, these seven agricultural commodities accounted for 71.9 million hectares of deforestation between 2001 and 2015.