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We’re just weeks away from COP26, the big environmental policy confab where scores of world leaders will descend on Scotland and determine the future of the planet, answering the question, “Should we all die or live?” That’s meant a whole truckload of new books on the subject, as well as renewed attention to older works […]

Buckle up, it’s going to be a wild ride. The pace of change over the last few decades is only set to accelerate in the coming years, as improvements in biology, medicine, spacecraft, manufacturing, software and more continue to transform the very foundations of society, economics and politics. We cover these innovations pretty much daily […]

The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson isn’t a book that lauds ecoterrorists. In fact, it mostly manages to avoid the subject across its many pages. Yet, at the center of its speculative account about the eponymous ministry and its leadership over the next few decades, the dark side is the linchpin for […]

Roughly two hours pass between my initial email and our first Zoom chat — on a Sunday, no less. I skip the post-gym shower and pop on a baseball cap, because I’m not sure when the opportunity will present itself again. After more than two decades of espousing the benefits of vertical farming around the […]

Climate change has been the deepest, most challenging cognitive puzzle for humans to untangle these past years. It’s systems on top of systems, with emergent properties that can easily turn intuitive notions into catastrophic dead ends. Every action has a reaction or ten, and improving one part of the system almost invariably leads to weaknesses […]

October 10, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that once Congress and the White House agree on spending plans, it will be lawmakers’ responsibility to raise the federal debt limit. “Once Congress and the administration have decided on spending plans and tax plans, it’s simply their responsibility to pay the bills […]

The BaaS market is evolving rapidly and so are the options for companies who wish to quickly spin up new financial services by leveraging these bank-in-a-box APIs. We recently took a look at who the ideal customers and partners are for banking-as-a-service startups … And today we’re going to dig deeper into the different flavors […]

Ariel Katz Contributor Share on Twitter Ariel Katz is the co-founder and CEO of H1. More posts by this contributor The health data transparency movement is birthing a new generation of startups The epic fall from grace of Elizabeth Holmes holds lessons for everybody from CEOs to investors, commercial partners, the media — social or […]

October 10, 2021 ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Valtteri Bottas won a wet Turkish Grand Prix for Mercedes on Sunday while Red Bull’s Max Verstappen finished second to take back the Formula One world championship lead and move six points clear of Lewis Hamilton. Mercedes’ seven times world champion Hamilton went from 11th on the grid to […]

October 10, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday she was confident the U.S. Congress would approve legislation to implement the global corporate minimum tax agreed by 136 countries. Yellen said the actions to bring the United States into compliance with the global minimum tax would likely be included in the […]

October 10, 2021 HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) – Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer will be fit to play in Monday’s 2022 World Cup qualifier against North Macedonia, coach Hansi Flick said on Sunday, with his team a win away from clinching a spot in next year’s tournament. Neuer missed Friday’s 2-1 victory over Romania with a minor […]

October 10, 2021 TAIPEI (Reuters) – China’s government on Sunday denounced Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s National Day speech, saying it incited confrontation and distorted facts. The seeking of Taiwan independence closes the door to dialogue, China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said. Speaking earlier on Sunday, Tsai said that Taiwan will keep bolstering its defences to ensure […]

October 10, 2021 PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech President Milos Zeman was taken to hospital on Sunday, bringing uncertainty at a key period when the president is due to lead political talks on forming a new government after a parliamentary election https://ift.tt/3oLJhDC. A spokeswoman for the Central Military Hospital in Prague said Zeman, 77, was being […]

October 10, 2021 NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has ample coal stocks to meet power sector demand, a coal ministry statement said on Sunday, a day after the Delhi Chief Minister said a shortage of the fuel meant the Indian capital could face a power crisis https://ift.tt/3BtUtZh. State-run Coal India Ltd is using its 40 […]

October 10, 2021 PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech President Milos Zeman was being taken to Prague’s Central Military Hospital on Sunday, a hospital spokeswoman said. She gave no details but said the hospital’s director would give a media briefing at 2 p.m. (1200 GMT). The presidential office had previously said Zeman, 77, has been ill and […]

October 10, 2021 ADEN (Reuters) – A car bomb targeting the governor’s convoy shook Yemen’s southern port city of Aden on Sunday killing at least four people, a Reuters witness and a security source said. Governor Ahmed Lamlas and agriculture minister Salem al-Suqatri survived the blast but at least four people were killed, the security […]

October 10, 2021 VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday met a Colombian nun who was freed https://ift.tt/3Dqj2qh after being kidnapped by Islamist militants in Mali four years ago. The Vatican said in a statement that Francis met Sister Gloria Cecilia Narvaez in St. Peter’s Basilica just before he celebrated Mass there to open […]

October 10, 2021 By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday launched a two-year worldwide consultative process that could change the way the Roman Catholic Church makes decisions and leave its mark long after his pontificate is over. Proponents see the initiative called “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission” as […]

October 10, 2021 By Silvio Castellanos and Juan Medina LA PALMA, Spain (Reuters) – Blocks of molten lava as large as three-storey buildings rolled down a hillside on the Spanish island of La Palma while a series of tremors shook the ground on Sunday three weeks after the volcanic eruption. There were 21 seismic movements […]

October 10, 2021 By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A pregnant Afghan Air Force pilot who had been detained at a rural sanatorium in Tajikistan and had voiced her concerns to Reuters https://ift.tt/2Yycl76 last week about the risks to her unborn child has been moved to a maternity hospital, one of her fellow pilots said. […]