Larger ships make up the vast majority of black carbon emissions, with container ships, bulk carriers and oil tankers emitting 60 percent of all BC emissions, according to the 2021 European Maritime Transport Environmental report. Although cruise ships…
While the U.S. already banned imports of Russian energy in March and April shortly after the country’s invasion of Ukraine, the EU as one of Russia’s crucial trading partners is taking longer to ween itself off Russian gas, oil and coal. Import data on…
As China continues to battle coronavirus outbreaks with draconian lockdowns, industrial production in the country has been hit by the measures. For the second month in a row, both the Caixin Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index and the Manufacturing…
Dragged down by tech heavyweights Amazon and Apple, the S&P 500 slid into correction territory on Friday – for the second time in 2022. The capitalization-weighted index dropped 3.6 percent on the last trading day of April, as Amazon and Apple lost 14 …
A brutal Friday sell-off led by tech blue chips marked the fitting end to a terrible April for stock markets. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 4.2 percent on Friday, bringing its April losses to 13.3 percent – the worst monthly performance since Octo…
When people think of Apple, they think of hardware first. iPhone, iPad, MacBook and iMac – those are the products that made Apple what it is today: the most valuable company in the world. Despite having always emphasized the advantages of its hardware …
China’s tough new lockdown measures have led to a major backlog of cargo and container ships in front of Shanghai’s port. With employees unable to go to work, the world’s largest container port is having to manage with significantly fewer staff. Our ch…
Mexicans are among those struggling most with their work-life balance, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Colombians’ and Costa Ricans’ lives aren’t really in balance either. The United States and the United…
People in Italy enjoy the best work-life balance, according to recent findings by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Unsurprisingly, the most important aspect for a healthy work-life balance is the amount of time people …
Emmanuele Macron has won the second round of the French presidential election against Marine Le Pen. With 58.6 percent according to the preliminary final results, the incumbent is well ahead of his right-wing challenger. But the gap has narrowed compar…