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how workplaces can successfully establish it

how workplaces can successfully establish it

Many workplaces have been experimenting with different types of flexible working arrangements for years now, but the pandemic has made the need for flexibility far more pressing. This has led to the intensification of many…

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would you let your artificial intelligence choose your partner?

would you let your artificial intelligence choose your partner?

It could be argued artificial intelligence (AI) is already the indispensable tool of the 21st century. From helping doctors diagnose and treat patients to rapidly advancing new drug discoveries, it’s our trusted partner in so…

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Syria says will import more fuel to cover shortfalls hit by sanctions By Reuters

Syria says will import more fuel to cover shortfalls hit by sanctions By Reuters

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) – Syria said on Sunday it would import more to cover fuel shortages it blames on Western sanctions that disrupted regular Iranian oil shipments that had for years compensated for…

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Brexit trade problems: what’s gone wrong and can it be fixed?

Brexit trade problems: what’s gone wrong and can it be fixed?

Empty shelves in Sainsburys in Belfast because UK suppliers can't clear customs. David Young/PA Queues of lorries at borders and empty supermarket shelves confirm what most already knew: the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA)…

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What you need to know about the new COVID-19 variants

What you need to know about the new COVID-19 variants

Editor’s note: Two new strains of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 called B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 have been found in the U.K. and South Africa and are thought to be more transmissible. In this interview, David…

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Precious Metals & Energy – Weekly Review and Calendar Ahead By Investing.com

Precious Metals & Energy – Weekly Review and Calendar Ahead By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Is currency debasement good for the dollar? It’s a question really worth asking after the greenback spiked for a second straight week on  President-elect Joe Biden’s $2 trillion coronavirus…

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Pursuing Tesla’s electric cars won’t rev up VW’s share price

Pursuing Tesla’s electric cars won’t rev up VW’s share price

Volkswagen’s chairman, Herbert Deiss, has been struggling to bring the company’s stock price back to its previous heights since he took over the reins of the German car maker six years ago. The business has…

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Francis Galton pioneered scientific advances in many fields – but also founded the racist pseudoscience of eugenics

Francis Galton pioneered scientific advances in many fields – but also founded the racist pseudoscience of eugenics

A popular pseudoscience was leaving its mark on American culture a century ago in everything from massive reductions in quotas for immigration to the U.S., to thousands of “fitter family” contests at county fairs, to…

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Venezuela slams U.S. court approval of Citgo parent sale as ‘fraudulent’ By Reuters

Venezuela slams U.S. court approval of Citgo parent sale as ‘fraudulent’ By Reuters

2/2 © Reuters. Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza attends a news conference in Caracas 2/2 CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza on Saturday criticized a U.S. court ruling authorizing a sale of the…

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move to disqualify directors signals UK authorities getting tougher on ‘corporate wrongdoing’

move to disqualify directors signals UK authorities getting tougher on ‘corporate wrongdoing’

It was a dramatic end for government super-contractor Carillion when it crashed into insolvent liquidation in January 2018. Part-completed road projects, unfinished hospital buildings and disruption to hospital cleaning and catering heralded the end of…

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