The UK risks missing out on the coming AI boom – here’s how it can get back on track: Rachel Reeves, the UK chancellor of the exchequer, has been making cost-cutting announcements ahead of a crunch October budget to deal with what she says is a black hole in the country’s finances. Along with scrapping winter …
Boom in space tourism threatens to boost the amounts of space junk and climate emissions: NASA, CC BY Commercial companies are increasingly becoming involved in transporting astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), as well as other activities in orbit. Some, such as Houston-based Axiom Space, eventually want to build their own space stations in …
Victims of the green energy boom? The Indonesians facing eviction over a China-backed plan to turn their island into a solar panel ‘ecocity’: I first visited Rempang island in Summer 2022. Greeting me were lush fields lined with coconut and banana trees, picture-book fishing villages with houses jutting into the water on stilts, and boats …
Kenya: Ongata Rongai boom town destroyed two vital rivers – new study flags a major health risk: Over the past 10 years, Ongata Rongai, a satellite town on the edge of Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, has experienced uncontrolled development and exponential population growth. Because of its appealing location close to the city, it’s jumped from just …
Tanzania’s gas boom that never was – when local hopes are dashed by global realities: A flashy new administrative office opened in Mtwara in 2013 to serve vocational training centres throughout southern Tanzania. Grahamcole Rising international commodity prices can shape or reshape the fortunes of places. When large mining and oil and gas prospectors suddenly …
From horseback to motorbike: inside the motorcycle boom in Indigenous South America: With their tropical climate, flowing rivers and dense forests, the vast plains and basins that make up South America’s lowlands cover a significant portion of the continent’s surface. Indeed, the Amazon rainforest covers approximately seven million square kilometres or around 40% of the …
Climate change action could set off a copper mining boom: how Zambia can make the most of it: Batches of copper sheets stored in a warehouse at Mopani mines, Mufilira, Zambia. Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images At last year’s US Africa leaders summit in Washington the US signed an historic memorandum of understanding with Zambia and the …
Brazil’s gun ownership boom and why it’s making a lot of people nervous – podcast: President Jair Bolsonaro relaxed rules around private gun ownership. Joedson Alves/EPA Soon after Jair Bolsonaro was elected president of Brazil in 2018, he began making it a lot easier for people in the country to buy guns. In this episode …
Wooden housing boom needed to boost climate goals, says new study – but is it possible?: Flystock/Shutterstock Housing 90% of people moving to cities in mid-rise buildings made from engineered wood could save the construction industry 106 billion tonnes of CO? by 2100, according to a new study. This, the researchers argued, would rein in …
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South Africa in the news: South Africa’s Absa cools on Nigeria, interim profits boom: South African lender Absa has put on ice plans to expand into new business lines in Nigeria, a country previously at the centre of its African ambitions, interim boss Jason Quinn said on Monday.: “South Africa” – BingNews Australia drop behind …
Why Accra’s property boom hasn’t produced affordable housing: Ghana's real estate boom has focused on luxury housing Remy Mboku/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA African cities are among the fastest growing in the world, leading to rising demand for urban housing. Housing policies promoted by international organisations such as the World Bank since the 1980s have stimulated …
South Africa in the news: Quest for Research Freedom Fuels African Biotech Boom: Tired of dancing to the tunes of international funders, and doubtful that long-promised national grants will come, a handful of African biomedical scientists have turned to private investors to …: “South Africa” – BingNews Kane Williamson back at top of ICC rankings, …
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Cooking with kids at home saw a boom during lockdown – here’s why it needs to continue: It might be messy but learning to cook when you're little sets you up for life Nattakorn_Maneerat | Shutterstock For some parents, the suggestion that they let their kids do the cooking might have been fear-inducing. Scenes of the …
Growing cannabis at home: how COVID-19 has fuelled a boom around the world: Back in the days when “skunk” was mainly associated with Pepé Le Pew and hydroponics was a way of improving cucumbers, most of the UK’s cannabis supply was imported from places such as Morocco and Lebanon. This changed in the past two …
South Africa in the news: Data boom carries Vodacom in half-year results: The telco posts blowout half-year results, buoyed by double-digit data usage growth and higher customer demand for smart devices due to the lockdown.: “South Africa” – BingNews Welsh people: When people commit themselves to have a decided heart, they have the power to …