African delegates at a UN desertification conference in Uzbekistan urged the international community to not neglect the climate emergency in Africa’s deserts amid the Israel-Hamas conflict and Russia’s war in Ukraine. African delegates attending a...
China has loaned $1.3 trillion for infrastructure projects from Asia to Latin America to boost trade. DW asks how China will ensure those debts are repaid. China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) — backing and often...
President-elect Javier Milei, a self-described “anarcho-capitalist,” has radical ideas to prop up the ailing economy, including the introduction of the US dollar. Will that work? Argentina’s new right-wing populist president-elect Javier Milei has never hidden his...
An array of climate funds promise to help poorer countries either stop climate change or adapt to its consequences. But what do they actually cover, and why is it all so contentious? Fossil fuels powered...
Sam Altman, the highly popular face of OpenAI, the parent company behind AI chatbot ChatGPT, has been fired after a “deliberate review process” by the board of directors. Altman said “he loved his time” at...
The new rush for lithium in Africa risks fueling corruption and harming local communities and the environment, investigations have shown. At a Chinese-run lithium mine in Namibia, local workers have complained for months about squalid living...
Psychological influence motivates performance improvement. Pygmalion effect is a phenomenon wherein, high expectations are pronounced overtly, and placed upon people to improve their performances. On the other hand, lowered expectations may also lead to decreased...
While guiding two postgraduate management students to develop a case study for an upcoming case study conference in November 2023, Prof Manila realized that there were some disagreements among her students on a particular issue. Being...
WeWork has filed for bankruptcy, a remarkable turnaround in the fortune of a firm that commanded a valuation of $47 billion just a few years back. Does the crash of the coworking pioneer spell the...
Memes are an uncommon visual medium to uncover the underlying social themes in society. They can be rich sources of qualitative research in analyzing sentiments. One of the most iconic manifestations of Memes in India...
Digital content creators and influencers in Kenya will now have to pay 15% of their earnings in tax. But many are frustrated over the new legislation, calling it exploitative and a blow to their creativity....
After the launching of a new Industrial Promotion Policy, effective for commercial production on or after 1st April, 2004, the rules and procedures were modified accordingly to facilitate employment generation. As the draft of the...
