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Nurture not nature? How young women can learn to better wield economic power | Heather Stewart
Project in Zambia shows how teaching young women to negotiate better can have a long-term impact on their prospectsWomen making their way in patriarchal societies down the ages ha…
‘It’s therapy by stealth’: the adult fans helping Lego build its billions in sales
A growing number of people are rediscovering their love of plastic bricks in later life and boosting the Danish company’s bottom lineIn a cosy cafe in Kingston upon Thames on the …
Cities are the big winners in Burnham’s devolution drive. But what happens to the rest of England? | John Harris
Labour has promised a ‘fundamental rewiring’ of power. But some areas are years into their devolution journey while others scramble to get startedApart from the joyous hyperactivi…
Could this policy fix the care system and slash student debt at the same time?
Andy Burnham is in need of radical proposals. A ‘care first’ year in exchange for 50% off fees could be just what he needsThe UK’s social care sector is in crisis. Costs are spira…
South Korea may be getting too old to take advantage of its AI boom
Korea could keep getting richer from AI while elderly households become reluctant or unable to spend those gains
Train drivers secure 3.6% pay rise after threat of strikes on busy UK routes
Deal agreed between Avanti West Coast and Aslef is first to be approved by Burnham governmentTrain drivers have secured a significant pay rise after the threat of strike action wa…
Women’s professional soccer has a champagne problem: A packed calendar around the World Cup that will test the sustainability of its mega growth
“That schedule was intentionally designed to position the NWSL at the center of one of the biggest years in the history of women's soccer,” Commissioner Jessica Berman said.
Why the AI economy is like a bad dating app — drowning in decks, pilot purgatory — and it’s playing out like the dotcom bubble, except worse
Amy Webb is a futurist who called the rise of AI — and a U.S./China tech Cold War — years ago. She wishes she were happier with what she's seeing.
Why Gen X should stop planning around an inheritance that may never arrive
Gen X has been handed a hard set of facts. Less saved than the generation before it, no pension underneath, and obligations pointing in both directions.
AA faces £5bn takeover move by German insurer Allianz, reports claim
Breakdown recovery group’s private equity owners reportedly in talks with various suitors to sell companyGermany-based financial services company Allianz is considering a £5bn ta…
Women in UK arts feel they do not have equal opportunities for roles, says report
Exclusive: Research says sector is fixated with young talent, with most women experiencing unconscious bias or sexismWomen working in the arts believe they do not have equal oppor…
America’s Mediterranean lunch bowl is booming as NAYA races toward 200 restaurants
Mediterranean fast casual grew 16% last year, and NAYA’s founder is betting the boom can carry his Lebanese chain from 48 locations to 200.
Pet owners at risk of being ripped off by private equity firms as vet ownership rules change
Critics say changes by CMA will allow multinationals to obscure their ownership of vet practicesPet owners have been warned that they could be unknowingly ripped off by private eq…
Trump’s ‘economic D-day’ against Iran risks driving the stakes even higher | Sina Toossi
As with its approach to Hormuz, the US has mistaken applying pressure for an actual strategy. But Tehran has chips of its own to playDonald Trump has found a new way to promise vi…
On long road back from Brexit, north-east’s recovery rides on survival of Nissan’s ‘shining star’ plant
Operating at only half its capacity, Japanese carmaker’s Sunderland factory seeks deal with China’s Chery as it battles Brexit threatsIn a factory in Gateshead, engineers carefull…
South West Water has worst environmental record in England, analysis shows
Exclusive: Friends of the Earth finds greatest sewage discharge in Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset‘Tiny bit of rain and the sewage comes’: Brighton swimmers vent fury at sea …
Arms and the £5m man: Farage megadonor Christopher Harborne’s military empire
Reform UK denies donor and crypto-billionaire’s global interests in arms and military could present a conflict of interest over its defence spending policyAs he struggles with que…
Singapore has overhauled its baby bonus scheme. Will it work to boost birth rates this time?
Probably not.
The mayor of this desert city likens the U.S. West’s water crisis to planning for a meteor. ‘You can see it coming, but you can’t get out of the way’
Under the Bureau of Reclamation’s plan, California, Nevada and Arizona will collectively reduce water use by 1.25 million acre-feet.
With ‘virtual speed bumps,’ these cities have reduced crashes by rewarding slower drivers with fewer red lights
"If you come to Albuquerque right now and you’re driving that corridor, you will learn pretty quickly that if you are speeding, you stop.”
Europe’s summer drought is so extreme that desertification is a growing threat
Around 99% of Hungary’s lands are currently under severe or extreme drought conditions.
The Earth is sizzling, but ‘climate hushing’ is hot right now among Democrats. ‘People are increasingly freaked out about other issues’
The Searchlight Institute, a Democratic think tank, urged the party to stop mentioning climate change because it is not a priority for voters.
New U.S. sanctions will hit ordinary Iranians hard. That may be the whole point as the crashing economy stirs fresh protests
"Digital assets and gold are how ordinary Iranians protect their savings from inflation."
Key takeaways from the Fed’s annual Jackson Hole conference
Policymakers from the euro area who spoke on the sidelines of the conference also sent a warning about inflation.