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View photosPhotograph: Shawn Thew/EPAThe US model of capitalism is deeply flawed. It is highly unequal, and an inadequate welfare system means that millions of people are either living in poverty or constantly teetering on the edge. Citizens of the EU have it cushier, with more generous pensions, unemployment pay and…

  Staff Correspondent,  bdnews24.com Published: 23 Apr 2020 09:22 PM BdST Updated: 24 Apr 2020 02:43 AM BdST Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for collective responsibility and partnership to minimise the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. She floated five points, saying the world needs new thinking on tackling inequality…

REHOVOT, Israel, April 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --  Aleph Farms, Ltd., announces its new sustainability strategy: to eliminate emissions associated with its meat production by 2025 and reach the same net-zero emissions across its entire supply chain by 2030. Aleph Farms cultivates delicious, real steak without harming animals or the environment. Amid…

This was supposed to be a big year for biodiversity — a "super year," as the United Nations proclaimed it as recently as February. A number of landmark global meetings were planned: a World Conservation Congress in France; a United Nations Ocean Conference in Portugal; and a Nature Summit in New York. These discussions were to culminate in…

NEW DELHI: Post the order by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), IndiGo has closed its bookings till May 31, 2020. All other private airlines are also set to abide by the order and with that flights operations within the country are likely to be suspended till the end…

Informing airlines that the announcement on restarting of flights will be made separately, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) today issued an order asking airlines to not book tickets beyond May 3, 2020. After the government extended the lockdown period by three weeks till May 3, 2020, airlines had…

Three months ago, in what seems like another age, I wrote about the concept of dynamic materiality. It was developed by Thomas Kuh, Andre Shepley, Greg Bala, and Michael Flowers of Truvalue Labs (TVL), a San Francisco-based technology company (to whom I’m an advisor) which uses AI and big data…

Shipping containers are seen stacked at Beirut’s port, during a countrywide lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Beirut, Lebanon, April 8, 2020. Image: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir Holed-up at home on a Wednesday afternoon two weeks ago, I found it comforting to track my teenage daughter’s plane…

The Europas Awards for European Tech Startups is doing what everyone in tech has done before: pivoting! Given the COVID-19 pandemic, we will be ‘going virtual’ on an amazing new platform, to be unveiled. (OK, but not VR – just yet!). A percentage of proceeds from the event will be…

inflectiotn.point Heather E McGowan “Most of us can remember who we were 10 years ago, but we find it hard to imagine who we’re going to be, and then we mistakenly think that because it’s hard to imagine, it’s not likely to happen.”  - Dan Gilbert, TED Talk 2014 On September 10, 2001,…