Can AI solve Canada’s productivity crisis?
Breadcrumb Trail LinksNewsInnovationEconomyAI is being held up as a panacea, but adoption may be easier said than donePublished Jul 03, 2024 • 5 minute read…
Google blames AI as its emissions grow instead of heading to net zero | Climate Crisis News
Three years ago, Google set an ambitious plan to address climate change by going “net zero”, meaning it would release no more climate-changing gases into…
Beryl makes landfall as Category 4 hurricane on island near Grenada | Climate Crisis News
The first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season slams into Carriacou, which is part of Grenada, amid warnings of ‘life-threatening conditions’. Hurricane Beryl, the first…
Squatters take London’s housing crisis into their own hands | Housing
In the shopping streets and housing estates of the South London town of Croydon, some once-derelict buildings are slowly coming back to life. At a…
Indonesia’s Tenggerese pray for rain as climate change threatens crops | Climate Crisis News
The ancient thanksgiving rituals of the Yadnya Kasada festival have been part of the lives of Indonesia’s Tenggerese people for centuries. Today, the increasingly unpredictable…
Regional crisis deepens as Gaza war grinds on
While the situation in Gaza remains catastrophic, ongoing Israeli settlement expansion and escalating violence in the occupied West Bank is ratcheting up tension across the…
Cut taxes, let markets fix productivity crisis
Breadcrumb Trail LinksNewsElectric VehiclesEconomyBetter approach would be to cut taxes and let markets find the right solutions, says Conference Board of Canada Get the latest…
The Global Education Crisis Must Be Addressed Today to Build a Better Tomorrow
We are facing a global education crisis. In all, 250 million children are out of school worldwide. On the frontlines of the world’s worst humanitarian…
US surgeon general declares gun violence a public health crisis | Gun Violence News
Surgeon general says widespread gun violence has led to ‘unimaginable pain’ for victims across the country. US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has declared gun violence…
A right to drink? Inside the debate to protect US workers against the heat | Climate Crisis News
Dallas, Texas – More than a decade later, Eva Marroquin’s voice still shakes when she talks about it. The 51-year-old mother of five had been…
US reels under scorching temperatures, heavy flooding | Climate Crisis News
More than 50 million people in the US under heat warnings while hundreds are evacuated from flooding in the Midwest. Soaring temperatures have placed more…
Could therapy horses be the solution to Britain’s prison crisis? | Prison
“I was hungover that morning. I’d had an argument with my kids’ mum the night before and got drunk,” says Sam, 31, recalling the day…
Deadly heatwaves in US, Mexico made more likely by climate change | Climate Crisis News
Deadly heat that recently blanketed the United States, Mexico and Central America was made 35 times more likely due to global warming, an international network…
Nigeria’s Cross River Communities Unite Two Years After Bloody Inter-communal Crisis
After years of bloody tussle over a parcel of land at the boundary – Nko, a community in Yakurr Local Government Area and Onyadama in…
Four in five people want more climate action, UN poll finds | Climate Crisis News
Biggest survey of its kind polled 75,000, finding that majority want quick transition from fossil fuels to clean energy. Four in five people want their…
Sri Lanka loses 10 percent of its doctors amid exodus after economic crisis | Health
Colombo, Sri Lanka – The bullying from a senior health official was bad enough. A sense of betrayal by government authorities during COVID-19 made it…
Climate activists arrested after spray painting UK’s Stonehenge monument | Climate Crisis News
UK police say they arrested two people ‘on suspicion of damaging’ the prehistoric monument, named a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific…
Photos: Once fruitful, Libyan village suffers amid climate crisis | Climate Crisis News
In the Libyan village of Kabaw in the Nafusa Mountains, Mohamed Maakaf waters an ailing fig tree as climate change pushes villagers to forsake lands…
How extreme are global weather conditions so far this year? | Climate Crisis
Heatwaves set records, and floods and storms become more frequent. Soaring temperatures are setting records around the world. Severe floods and storms are becoming more…
Why four court cases could unleash a new crisis in Thai politics | Courts News
EXPLAINERCourts due to hear cases on Tuesday on Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, the Move Forward party, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and the Senate elections.…