The government has been taken to court over cotton picked by Uyghur people in Chinese forced labour camps being imported into the UK. A Uyghur human rights organisation, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), told the High Court on Tuesday that failing to launch a criminal investigation into the import of cotton allegedly picked by Uyghurs...
ALISON BEARD: Welcome to 4 Business Ideas That Changed the World, a special series of the HBR IdeaCast. In the early 1990s when science journalist Daniel Goleman wanted to publish a book on emotional intelligence, he was told that he couldn’t use the word emotion in business. After all, companies weren’t supposed to care about...
Those looking for their next unforgettable vacation have an abundance of cities to choose from. Whether you prefer strolling the quaint towns of Switzerland, marveling at the Pyramids of Giza or trekking the Incan ruins of Macchu Picchu, there’s no shortage of magnificent sites to explore. National Geographic has named its 25 Most Breathtaking Places...
Those looking for their next unforgettable vacation have an abundance of cities to choose from. Whether you prefer strolling the quaint towns of Switzerland, marveling at the Pyramids of Giza or trekking the Incan ruins of Macchu Picchu, there’s no shortage of magnificent sites to explore. National Geographic has named its 25 Most Breathtaking Places...
DOHA, Qatar — It was 115 degrees on the summer day I arrived in Qatar. That answered my first question: Why had FIFA, among the most hidebound and conservative of international sports bodies, agreed to buck nearly a century of tradition by playing the World Cup in the winter? The second question was a bit more...
The world, especially richer carbon polluting nations, remains “far behind” and is not doing nearly enough — not even promising to do enough — to reach any of the global goals limiting future warming, a United Nations report said. That “highly inadequate” inaction means the window is closing, but not quite shut yet, on efforts...
When we made our World Series picks entering the postseason, the Astros were the favorites in the American League, with five of our seven writers taking them to win the pennant. It’s true that only one of us (Emma Baccellieri) tabbed Houston to win the World Series, but that was more due to the strength...
Nose-picking primates are helping scientists to understand the evolution and possible functional role of the behaviour in humans. For the first time researchers have recorded the aye-aye – a long-fingered lemur – inserting its longest finger up its nostrils and then licking its finger clean. So far 12 other primate species, including humans, have been...
A giant, ocean sunfish weighing more than 6,000 pounds was found in Portugal and the fish has posthumously set a world record for being the largest bony fish known to man, according to a recent report. The deceased fish was discovered afloat near Faial Island, which is a Portuguese island located within the Azores archipelago...
The body of a woman reported missing by her husband was found inside the body of snake. The 54-year-old woman, named Jahrah, was reported missing on Sunday and was on the way to work at a rubber plantation, according to the Indonesian news site Detik. Jahrah’s husband found her sandals, a knife and a headscarf...