Category: News

L’aggiornamento #27 dell’arrampicata in Sardegna: le nuove falesie e le nuove multipitches nella Valle di Lanaitto (Oliena). Di Maurizio Oviglia La Valle di Lanaitto (Lanaitho nel dialetto locale) è una valle affascinante in territorio di Oliena, compresa tra la grande bastionata di Punta Cusidore e la Valle dell Oddoene. Caratterizzata da una splendida roccia grigia, […]

“Britain has no leverage, Britain is desperate … it needs an agreement very soon. When you have a desperate partner, that’s when you strike the hardest bargain.” So warned former US treasury secretary Larry Summers on Radio 4 ‘Today’ programme this morning, as new foreign secretary Dominic Raab jets off on a tour of North […]

The Green New Deal has reignited old debates between the left and right in countries around the world. Setting aside climate deniers (if only it were that easy!), the argument is between those who believe a radical large-scale spending program to combat climate change will stimulate economic growth and those who fear it will inflate […]

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s tenacity in gutting funding for human rights – particularly sexual and reproductive rights – has been impressive, even by Trump administration standards. He’s distinguished himself by going after even the smallest agencies that so much as whisper the word abortion. While the recent massive $32.5 million cut to the […]

Translations and additional reporting from Bileh Jelan. “She loved life and she loved her family,” Tigist Tafesse says while fighting back tears when asked to describe her late sister Desta. “All she wanted to do was earn enough money to cover her younger brother’s schooling expenses. She didn’t deserve this. Nobody deserves this.” Tigist’s younger […]

The need to regulate online privacy is a truth so universally acknowledged that even Facebook and Google have joined the chorus of voices crying for change. Writing in the New York Times recently, Google CEO Sundar Pichai argued that it is “vital for companies to give people clear, individual choices around how their data is […]

There’s a difference between talking the talk and walking the walk. Or, in Greta Thunberg’s case, sailing the sail. The 16-year-old Swedish climate change activist is planning on attending a United Nations summit meeting on global warming, but she’ll be traveling in a sustainable way.  Thunberg, who refuses to fly because of the amount of greenhouse gas […]

Fast food chains have been fighting it out for customer foot traffic for decades. But now, in the age of social media, they’re doing battle for likes and retweets by throwing some solid shade at one another. Taco Bell is in on the act. Burger King dissed Wendy’s after they dropped the 4 for $4 […]

Checking your credit card balance post-holidays, it may be the right moment to ask, “Am I a shopping addict?” An article on Fusion can help you take stock of your behavior to find out. Like a quick breast exam of the brain, it takes you through two steps of diagnosis by asking you if you’re an impulsive shopper—those who buy on the […]

They just appeared on the streets of Kyiv one day, these people with large yellow rucksacks and a memorable slogan on them, Glovo. Now you don’t need to go anywhere to order a double hamburger, sushi, salad or any other dish from several hundred cafes. A couple of clicks on the Glovo app and a […]