Tag: global affairs

• WGSN By Ascential

  April 14, 2020

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• We’re on the Brink of Cyberpunk

  April 10, 2020

  Where is the president in Blade Runner? Beneath the 1982 neo-noir’s trappings of genetically engineered human automatons is a story about corporate power over and indifference to life, alienation in… more ›

• What coronavirus means for the global economy

  April 9, 2020

  “I’m a capitalist. I believe in the system. I believe you can increase the size of the pie and you could divide it well,” says Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater… more ›

• Coronavirus: 100 days that changed the world

  April 8, 2020

  Skip to main content By 8 April 2020 It started with a warning. It turned into a pandemic that has transformed life as we know it A turbulent decade had… more ›

• 35 Top African-American Artists on the Work That Inspires Them

  March 20, 2020

  Over the past 20 years, a new vanguard of African-American creators has helped define the 21st century. Jordan Peele. Ta-Nehisi Coates. Kara Walker. Ava DuVernay. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/19/arts/african-american-art-inspiration.html more ›

• IRA in Ghana: Double Deceit

  March 16, 2020

  Russian operation linked to former IRA associates employed social media users in Ghana to target black communities in the US On March 12, 2020, CNN, Twitter, Facebook, Graphika, and two… more ›

• Facebook uncovers Russian-led troll network based in west Africa

  March 13, 2020

  A newly discovered Russian-led network of professional trolls was being outsourced to Ghanaian and Nigerian operatives, according to Facebook and Twitter, who removed the network’s accounts on Thursday. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/mar/13/facebook-uncovers-russian-led-troll-network-based-in-west-africa?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Add_to_Pocket more ›

• Revealed: the great European refugee scandal

  March 12, 2020

  Evidence obtained by the Guardian exposes a coordinated and unlawful EU assault on the rights of desperate people trying to cross the Mediterranean by , Apostolis Fotiadis and Zach Campbell… more ›

• The Rich Are Preparing for Coronavirus Differently

  March 5, 2020

  Concierge doctors, yachts, chartered planes and germ-free hideaways. The new coronavirus knows no national borders or social boundaries. That doesn’t mean that social boundaries don’t exist. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/style/the-rich-are-preparing-for-coronavirus-differently.html more ›

• Hideo Kojima’s Strange, Unforgettable Video-Game Worlds

  March 4, 2020

  Death Stranding, the newest video game from the developer Hideo Kojima, was introduced to the world in the summer of 2016 on a stage at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3),… more ›