‘Learning crisis’ brews in lower-income countries, warn experts Date Wednesday, February 07, 2024 - 7:01 AM Description Plans to scrap numeracy and literacy barometers risk reducing pressure on governments to boost education
‘Let’s not go overboard’ on worries about AI energy use, Bill Gates says Date Thursday, June 27, 2024 - 10:53 AM Description Microsoft co-founder argues Big Tech’s investment in power-hungry artificial intelligence systems is spurring a boom in clean electricity
‘Like it was with Jack Ma’: China puts world’s biggest Apple supplier in its crosshairs Date Thursday, October 26, 2023 - 2:00 PM Description Foxconn founder Terry Gou tests his long relationship with Beijing as geopolitics reshapes supply chains
‘Like Saint-Tropez 50 years ago’: western France’s little-known island escape Date Wednesday, September 04, 2024 - 10:00 PM Description Two new boutique hotels have added a sprinkle of chic to the sleepy, serene, Île d’Yeu
‘Macho’ all-male Rochdale by-election fuels political divisions over Gaza Image Date Saturday, February 24, 2024 - 5:00 AM Description Locals bemoan campaign’s lack of focus on ‘serious poverty’ blighting the community
‘Macho’ culture hit UK’s Covid response, says ex-civil servant Date Wednesday, November 01, 2023 - 11:30 AM Description Helen MacNamara tells inquiry that Number 10’s assumption was ‘we were going to be great’
‘Made in Ukraine’ subsidy scheme to boost war economy Image Date Monday, February 26, 2024 - 10:00 PM Description $1.2bn plan aims to raise tax revenues and make the country’s economy less reliant on foreign aid
‘Magnificent Seven’ tech stocks drive US equity domination to new highs Date Monday, October 23, 2023 - 10:00 PM Description Handful of companies propel all of this year’s gains in the MSCI All-Country World index
‘Many of us have a little bit of Mien Ruys in our gardens’ Image Date Saturday, March 30, 2024 - 10:00 PM Description A new book reveals the forward thinking of the late Dutch landscape designer, ‘the mother of Modernist gardens’
‘Megalopolis’ Review: The Fever Dreams of Francis Ford Coppola Date Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 11:59 AM Description The director’s latest is a great-man story about an architect, played by Adam Driver, driven by ideals and big plans. It’s a personal statement on an epic scale.