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How will Brexit impact scientific research in the UK?

January 16, 2020

One small piece of the Brexit puzzle will be how the UK funds scientific research, and how easy or hard it will be for scientists — who traditionally are part of an international, mobile workforce — to work outside their home country.

Economics

US-China trade war truce is 'broad and vague,' economist says

The World

January 15, 2020

The US and China signed a deal Wednesday that is essentially a timeout in the two countries' trade war. Experts say that it's a step in the right direction — but there's still a lot of work left to do.

Health & Medicine

2020: The year of the nurse and midwife

The World

January 13, 2020

The World Health Organization designation signifies a concerted push to boost the global nursing workforce in the face of growing health care shortages and ambitious efforts to reach a UN goal of universal health coverage around the world by 2030.

Justice

Ugandan farmers take on French oil giant in game-changer case for multinationals

The World

January 10, 2020

This duty of vigilance lawsuit could reshape the way European corporations do business around the world.

Technology

This app is disrupting motorbike taxis in Bangkok. Some are disrupting right back.

The World

January 08, 2020

On every major corner in Bangkok, there’s a motorbike taxi crew that will zip you to your destination by any means necessary. But their dominance is now threatened by an app called Grab.

Media

Exiled journalists in Germany find 'hope' with a magazine that speaks their language

The World

January 02, 2020

When journalists flee their home countries, they lose their two most important tools: their native reporting language and their professional networks. Amal magazine, staffed by exiled journalists in Germany, is trying to change that.

Protest

Protests that rocked The World in 2019

The World

December 30, 2019

Gas. Bread. A subway ticket: The soaring cost of everyday necessities sparked protests that spiraled into major movements in countries like France, Zimbabwe, Lebanon, Sudan and Chile. Throughout the world, citizens took to the streets in 2019 to rise up against inequality, corruption and bad governance.

Religion

Greece's first and only crematorium opens despite pushback from the church

The World

December 27, 2019

With cemeteries filling up and the rising cost of traditional burials, cremation is a preferred option for a growing number of Greek citizens, but the church considers cremation a sin.

Brexit

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson wins vote on Brexit deal in time for Christmas

Reuters

December 20, 2019

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12/20/2019 - 10:30am

Prime Minister Boris Johnson won approval for his Brexit deal in parliament Friday, the first step toward fulfilling his election pledge to deliver Britain's departure from the European Union by Jan. 31 after his landslide victory.

Business

Boeing's 737 crisis deepens as production stops for first time in two decades

Reuters

December 17, 2019

Boeing said Monday it would suspend production of its best-selling 737 MAX jetliner in January, its biggest assembly-line halt in more than 20 years, as fallout from two fatal crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia.

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