‘I thought about escaping every day’: how survivors get out of Southeast Asia’s cybercrime compounds – Scam Factories podcast, Ep 3: Every day that he was locked up in a scam compound in Southeast Asia, George thought about how to get out. “We looked for means of escaping, but it was hard,” he told The …
‘Your life becomes a nightmare’: how scam operations exploit those trapped inside – Scam Factories podcast, Ep 2: A few weeks after Ben Yeo travelled to Cambodia for what he thought was a job in a casino, he found himself locked up in a padded room. “It’s a combination between a prison and a madhouse,” …
Tropical seagrass meadows are sand factories that could protect coral reef islands from sea-level rise: Ethan Daniels/Shutterstock Seagrasses are flowering plants that form dense underwater meadows in coastal waters worldwide, from the frigid seas of the Arctic to the warm shallows of the Caribbean. These meadows provide a refuge for young fish, food for grazing …
Firms from rich countries are taking factories home: what this means for Africa: The sea port of Matadi at the Congo River. Matadi is the chief sea port of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Getty images There is no doubt that globalisation has benefited Africa greatly. This includes job creation, innovation, increased productivity and …
Factories of the future: we’re spending heavily to give workers skills they won’t need by 2030: 'The only living worker left'. metamorworks “This government is obsessed with skilling up our population,” said Boris Johnson in his recent speech on “levelling up”. There is still a fair amount of uncertainty about exactly what the UK prime …
How Asia’s clothing factories switched to making PPE – but sweatshop problems live on: Personal protective equipment (PPE) has arguably become the most sought-after commodity in the world. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a global shortage of this equipment. This has created an opportunity for garment factories across Asia, which have lots of spare …