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Millions of soldiers died in battle, millions of civilians died as collateral damage, war replaced trade, destruction replaced construction, and countries closed their borders yet again. In the years between the world wars, the financial markets, which were still connected in a global web, caused a further breakdown of the global economy and ...
The spirometer, a common medical device in use around the world today, also tells a story of racial difference. It measures lung capacity, and was used during the American Civil War to study the bodies of Union soldiers. Doctors incorrectly concluded Black soldiers had inferior bodies because white soldiers had a higher lung capacity.
1. Higher energy prices. A graph showing how Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led to energy crisis. Image: IEA. Perhaps the most noticeable change for most people is that energy prices are rising. The IEA says high fuel costs account for 90% of the rise in average costs for electricity generation worldwide.
Frontier risks are low-likelihood, high-impact threats that could arise as humans explore new realms, whether technological, ecological or territorial. Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems don't need human control to act and pose a critical frontier risk. Global regulations on the use of militarized artificial intelligence are insufficient but ...
Victoria Masterson. 155 million people are caught up in food crises of varying severity. 133,000 people in Burkina Faso, South Sudan and Yemen are most at risk. 10 countries account for two thirds of those facing acute hunger. The resilience of agri-food systems is being eroded by conflict, insecurity and environmental trends.
The disruption threatens the food security of the world’s most vulnerable people. The war in Ukraine is having a major impact on the global supply of agricultural fertilizers, potentially undermining food security around the world. Russia, together with Belarus, is one of the world’s largest sources of mineral fertilizers.
Here are four major developments related to cybersecurity regulations from around the world. 1. The European Union’s NIS2. Today, 17 October 2024, marks the deadline for European Union member states to transpose the Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive 2 into applicable national law – and begin enforcing the updated ...
Listen to the article. The African Union (AU) has been made a permanent member of the G20, in a move that has been broadly welcomed for giving the continent an important voice on key global issues. The G20 represents around 85% of global GDP and 75% of global trade, as well as two-thirds of the world’s population, prior to the AU joining.
The attacks required substantial financing with estimates varying between US$400,000 and $500,000. In stark contrast, the 2004 Madrid train bombings were estimated to have cost US$10,000. The failed 2007 London car bomb attacks carried an estimated price tag of about US$14,000. The foiled commuter train attack in Germany’s Cologne in 2006 was ...
First, the previous waves of globalization have been quite successful in lifting a large number of people out of poverty and so we should appreciate that. The second thing is that any form of globalization will generate winners and losers. So even if you have the perfect, most optimal international trade agreements, there will always be those ...