What the year 2020 may hold for hurricanes

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What the year 2020 may hold for hurricanes

Written by Staff Writer by By Nathaniel Stark Editor’s Note: Nathaniel Stark is an experienced photographer, producer and director and has edited a number of high-profile pieces. He is currently working on a feature…

Why The Voice isn’t changing Europe much

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Why The Voice isn’t changing Europe much

From Verona in northern Italy to London in 2011, The Voice has taken a big leap on our European television screens. Or should we say from the BBC’s Asian Network to BBC 1. The…

Theranos: An inside look at the company's contentious co-CEO

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Theranos: An inside look at the company’s contentious co-CEO

As the public launch for Theranos, a blood testing lab founded by Elizabeth Holmes, launched this week in Palo Alto, California, attention has focused on the biopharmaceutical executive who announced that he is standing…

EU carbon market lowers emissions but backfires

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EU carbon market lowers emissions but backfires

A 2013 study by non-profit organization the Global Institute of Sustainability and Finance found that commodities with the smallest levels of deforestation, such as timber and palm oil, had the highest carbon emissions for…

Dan Breznitz wins Pulitzer Prize for 'Making a Case'

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Dan Breznitz wins Pulitzer Prize for ‘Making a Case’

Written by Tasha Tsiaperas, CNN A University of Toronto professor was awarded the world’s most prestigious book prize on Saturday for a book that argues for greater public engagement in policy. When the inaugural…

Coups: Why Africans like them - BBC Africa Editor

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Coups: Why Africans like them – BBC Africa Editor

Analysis – Some prominent countries across Africa have recently seen coups. Photo: AFP Senegal got its fourth coup since 2016, as President Macky Sall was ousted. Liberia had been enjoying its first democratic transition…