Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, won a majority with the country’s Liberal Party two years ago after pledging to slash taxes for the middle class while raising taxes on the rich. In July, he followed up by championing the closure of tax avoidance loopholes.
Spain’s central government issued European Arrest Warrants (EAW) yesterday (Nov. 3) for the former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and four of his allies. The group had relocated to Belgium after the Spanish government sacked the entire Catalonia cabinet following their declaration of independence.
For the first time ever, Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department formed a female-only security team to protect female dignitaries, and the squad’s first task is to guard Donald Trump’s daughter and presidential adviser Ivanka as well as his wife Melania.
Britain’s prime minister Theresa May just appointed a lawmaker with no military or diplomatic experience as defense secretary after Sir Michael Fallon’s resignation following sexual-harassment allegations.
For the first time since the World Economic Forum’s records began in 2006, the global gender gap is widening again.
Britain is one of most improved countries for closing the gender gap, according to the World Economic Forum. But data shows that this improvement has nothing to do with tangible improvements in either salaries or getting more women into leadership. Here are the most-improved countries in closing the overall gap:
We all laughed when Lindsay Lohan’s character, Cady Heron, uttered the words in Mean Girls: “In the regular world, Halloween is when children dress up in costumes and beg for candy. In Girl World, Halloween is the one night a year when a girl can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.”
There’s a stately home in London that “rivals Buckingham Palace” in its scale and luxury, and now it could be yours for £100 million ($131 million), says ultra-prime developer K10 Group.
Inga Beale is one of the financial services world’s most powerful and prominent bosses. In 2014, she become the first female CEO at the 325-year-old insurer Lloyd’s of London and has also been one of the most high-profile executives to come out as part of the LGBT+ community.
It is often seemingly small changes to the way we work and go about our day-to-day business that can have a profound impact on our lives. And for those in the LGBT+ community who are still fighting for equality across the world, recognition of their identity is the first step.
Gigi Chao is one of Asia’s most successful business women but it was only in 2012 that she became a household name after her billionaire shipping and property tycoon father Cecil Chao Sze-tsung put a “marriage bounty” on her head.
“Numbers don’t lie” is usually a nice safety net for some people’s arguments. Yet when it comes to statistics for more complex societal issues, like sex crimes, there is great room for human error, underreporting, and problematic processes that can mask their true size and scope.
Spain’s constitutional crisis has entered a dangerous new phase, with Catalonia facing renewed unrest as the central government in Madrid pledges to impose direct rule over the autonomous region.
I thought I was already fully awake.
Uber is heading in new direction.
Catalonia’s leader Carles Puigdemont decided today not to clarify whether the region declared independence or not, with just two hours to spare before the deadline imposed by Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy. What is he thinking?
The biggest cities in the world are in pursuit of building digital worlds to live in—smart cities. Think drones delivering your goods that you ordered online, driverless cars, the eradication of the need for cash, Hyperloop travel, and even making all daily admin and tasks solely via the internet.
Our world has evolved beyond just thinking of safety in terms of personal well-being, health, and infrastructure—we now live in a digital age. Therefore, quantifying what is classed as a safe place to live means looking at more than crime rates and building regulations.
Catalonia is still pushing to break away from Spain although its leader Carles Puigdemont declared yesterday (Oct. 10) that he is suspending a hard declaration of independence straightaway in order to try and de-escalate tension in the region and negotiate terms of its exit.
The world is going through another technological revolution where greater use of robots, artificial intelligence, and automation can make business more efficient—potentially at the cost of millions of human jobs. Looking at Britain in particular, there’s a huge problem that young people face.
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont declared today (Oct. 10) that Catalonia’s government is putting independence on hold.
Britain doesn’t leave the European Union until March 2019, but the lack of progress during negotiations and uncertainty over what a final deal is going to look like is already leading various key sectors in the economy, like banking, to make contingency plans.
Goldman Sachs is pushing ahead with making Frankfurt, Germany, its key European base. This week, the Wall Street giant agreed to lease multiple floors for offices in a 38-storey building, as part of its Brexit contingency plans.
Global banks with a key presence in London could trigger their Brexit contingency plans, such as moving jobs and operations overseas, if Britain doesn’t confirm that the nation will have a transition deal, by Christmas.
