Tag: global affairs

• French ‘anti-maskers’ see themselves as free thinkers, study shows

  September 8, 2020

  French people who reject mask-wearing are more likely to be older, educated women who support the gilets jaunes (yellow vests) protest movement and the controversial virus specialist Didier Raoult, and… more ›

• Reed Hastings Had Us All Staying Home Before We Had To

  September 7, 2020

  Does it feel good to be the man who killed Hollywood? At 59, the slender, gray-haired Mr. Hastings remains a mystery in the industry he dominates. “He’s a complete cipher… more ›

• Climate migration

  September 6, 2020

  Sea level rise, sweltering temperatures, parching drought, intense wildfires, catastrophic flooding, powerful hurricanes—the effects of climate change are widespread and varied across the globe. These events, which are becoming more… more ›

• Fast fashion, slow destruction: this is the price other people pay for the cheap clothes we buy

  September 6, 2020

  For years, C&A and other large clothing companies contributed to the erosion of the garment industry in Bangladesh. When trade suddenly came to a standstill as a result of Covid-19… more ›

• Chinese-Made Smartphones Are Secretly Stealing Money From People Around The World

  September 6, 2020

  It’s the latest example of how cheap Chinese smartphones take advantage of the world’s poorest people. Current security concerns about Chinese apps and hardware have largely focused on potential back… more ›

• Gram by gram

  September 6, 2020

  Meet the next generation of digital black markets for illegal drugs: fully decentralized, pay-by-crypto, and end-to-end encrypted bazaars. When Israel decriminalized recreational marijuana use in 2017, Silver and a team… more ›

• Kagame: “On Judgement Day, I will get better marks than those who criticise us over human rights”

  September 6, 2020

  From the struggle against the coronavirus, to the relationship with France and with the neighbours, and the state of human rights in Rwanda, an interview with Rwandan President Paul Kagame.… more ›

• What China has to gain from Africa

  September 6, 2020

  DESIGN: QUARTZ/BÁRBARA ABBÊS. PHOTO: UNSPLASH/ EVA BLUE AND MACAU PHOTO AGENCYFrom our ObsessionBecause ChinaChina is striving for global leadership, and has the economic clout to realize its vision. https://qz.com/africa/1897036/what-china-has-to-gain-from-africa/ more ›

• Wealthy Nigerians are buying up passports for cash from Caribbean nations to beat visa rules

  September 6, 2020

  A year ago, the office of Citizenship by Investment Program (CIP) in the small Caribbean island nation  of St. Lucia had received no applications from any Africans in its nearly… more ›

• Apple’s move to make advertising harder on iOS 14 is part of a trend

  September 1, 2020

  The Interface is a daily column and newsletter about the intersection of social media and democracy. Subscribe here. Apple and Facebook are fighting again, and how you feel about it… more ›