Doing Your Bit: Making concrete out of cassavas
Concrete is one of the most destructive materials in the world. Now researchers in Germany and Nigeria are working together to make a version out of cassava peels. It's cheap, strong and…
American farmers feel heat from trade war with China
President Trump is betting he can stay on their good side despite launching a trade war that has cut them off from one of their most important export markets. He has billions…
Amazon vows to go carbon neutral 10 years ahead of Paris deadline
The tech giant has vowed to go carbon neutral by 2040, beating the Paris Agreement by 10 years. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has encouraged other companies to follow suit. The move comes…
Bird populations plummet in the US and Canada
A new paper signals an ecological crisis, and humans are to blame. There are far fewer birds today than in the 1970s, thanks largely to habitat destruction.…
World climate strike: Millions of students ‘to the rescue’ of the planet
World climate strike: Millions of students 'to the rescue' of the planet…
War waste: A never-ending battle
War waste: A never-ending battle…
Tiffany’s woos Chinese shoppers at home amid trade war
Tiffany & Co. is planning to open more stores in mainland China as the weak yuan deters Chinese consumers from spending overseas and they shift their luxury buying back home. Bloomberg's Selina…
How to prevent a data breach
Equifax Chief Information Security Officer Jamil Farshchi, CrowdStrike Co-Founder and CEO George Kurtz and Shevirah Founder and Chief Technology Officer Georgia Weidman sit down with Bloomberg’s William Turton at Sooner Than You…
How Vanda become the world’s best-performing hedge fund
Chong Chin Eai, the founder of Swiss-Asia Financial Services' Vanda Global Fund, shares his investment strategy. Singapore-based Vanda is the world’s best-performing hedge fund this year, up 278% through July.…
Australia’s Cardinal Pell files final appeal against child sex abuse conviction
Cardinal George Pell has taken his case to the country's High Court, his last avenue of appeal. He is currently serving a six-year sentence for abusing two boys in the 1990s.…