How satellite images are helping one country hand out cash
Togo has found a high-tech way to identify people who need financial help in the pandemic and send them emergency...
Month: March 2021
‘I have put everything into my winery’
However, Mr Steyn cautions that with South Africa now approaching its quieter winter trade trading season, plus ongoing uncertainly around...
Can a VR headset or pot plant boost productivity?
Since the pandemic began, the company has been sending him potted plants, seeds for growing herbs, handwritten cards containing motivational...
Climate change: Net zero targets are ‘pie in the sky’
"The developed world has occupied almost 80% of the carbon space already, you have 800 million people who don't have...
Dragons’ Den: The hits, misses, and why investments fall through
He recalls: "A couple of times last season I ended up getting a deal, and one of the Dragons said,...
Lockdown: Are people losing skills they’re not using?
It has been just over a year since the UK had its first national lockdown. Since then, preliminary research has...
Why April is a big month for your finances
The City regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, said that mortgage lenders could now enforce repossessions of homes from borrowers unable...
Minimum wage rises for two million workers
This rise in the legal minimum wage will be welcome news, particularly as most households across the UK are also...
Biden unveils ‘once in a generation’ spending plan
Joe Biden could have gone in a number of different policy directions after narrowly getting his covid pandemic aid package...
Tiger Woods crash: Los Angeles police determine the cause of golfer’s car accident
Tiger Woods suffered serious injuries in the crashThe details of what caused Tiger Woods' car crash will only be released...
Derek Chauvin trial: New footage shows George Floyd pleading with officers
One witness, Donald Williams II, who is trained in mixed martial arts, was questioned for more than an hour by...
Covid: France schools to close under third lockdown
Meanwhile, experts investigating possible links between the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots have so far found no specific risk factors,...
Covid 19: Inside the BioNTech vaccine factory in Germany
Germany has suspended the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine for under-60s, after the German medicines regulator found 31 cases of...
‘You can’t tell victims what racism is’
"This is how the country should work, asking for this country to start teaching about black history or black literature...
How to Game on a Tight Budget
You can make just about any platform work with these things in mind, but if I had to pick a...
Specialized’s Turbo Como SL Is a Comfy, Lightweight Cruiser
An electric bicycle's biggest disadvantage, at least from a bike manufacturer's perspective, is that most people who buy an ebike...
Deliveroo shares tumble on stock market debut
Some of the UK's biggest investment fund managers, including Aberdeen Standard, Aviva Investors, BMO Global, charity fund manager CCLA, Legal...
Sewage discharged into rivers 400,000 times in 2020
Paul Jennings, chairman of the River Chess Association, said: "We're currently seeing these discharges every day, sometimes for multiple hours."...
