Yalago: Global hotel bookings rise by 25% in 2024
Yalago, part of the Emirates Group and one of the world’s fastest-growing leisure accommodation wholesale specialists, has announced a record high in hotel bookings...
The artistic flair inspiring greener European cities
Arts and culture can bring imagination and momentum to projects for putting urban neighbourhoods more in tune with nature.
By Jack McGovan
In the Dutch capital...
All parties to Gaza crisis may have committed war crimes: UN rights chief
All parties to the Gaza conflict have been responsible for “clear violations of international humanitarian law including possible war crimes”, according to the UN’s...
BRICS eyes settlements in national currencies
Most countries at a meeting of BRICS finance ministers and central bank governors supported the departure from the dollar, agreeing that settlements in national...
Global Soft Power Index 2024: USA and UK ranked top nation brands, China takes third place
The United States and the United Kingdom are the most influential soft power nations in the world, according to the new iteration of the...
Donors’ deafening silence after Republic of Congo green-lights oil exploration in Conkouati National Park
Six weeks after signing a $50 million forest protection deal with donors, the Republic of Congo has given the green light to oil exploration in Conkouati-Douli...
Smart Africa’s Digital Academy receives a $20mn grant from the World Bank to expand across Africa
The World Bank (WB) is partnering with Smart Africa to scale up the Smart Africa Digital Academy (SADA) initiative from a national to a...
Universal connectivity gets a $9 billion private sector boost
The mobile phone industry has pledged over $9 billion towards the goal of connecting the world, said the chief of the UN International Telecommunication...
Environmental Protection and Food Production in the Cerrado Could Create $72bn for Brazil
A new model for economic growth in the Cerrado could create $72 billion a year for Brazil’s economy by balancing environmental protection measures while...
5 things you should know about ‘clean energy’ minerals and the dirty process of mining them
If the world is to move away from fossil fuels, we will need to extract far more rare minerals, to power renewable energy sources...