COVID Protests in China Rattle Global Markets
Global markets jittered as Chinese citizens took to the streets to demonstrate against the government’s strict “zero-COVID” strategy over the weekend. The protests’ immediate impact on global…
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Bitcoin makes Run Toward Record High
Bitcoin-to-the-moon traders are back with a vengeance as the cryptocurrency approaches its all-time high and demand jumps for bullish contracts across crypto exchanges. The world’s largest digital…
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Global Brands’ Single-Use Plastic Use Spiked in 2021
Multinational corporations are failing to reduce their use of plastics fast enough, according to a report released today, despite having pledged to use only reusable, recyclable, or…
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Greta Thunberg Leads Calls of Disappointment on Climate in Davos
In 2023, TIME will once again recognize 100 businesses making an extraordinary impact around the world. Applications for the TIME100 Most Influential Companies of 2023 are open,…
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How Digital Twins Are Transforming the World
A version of this article was published in TIME’s newsletter Into the Metaverse. Subscribe for a weekly guide to the future of the Internet. You can find…
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Airlines Scramble to Cope With Omicron Coronavirus Variant
Airlines, passengers and businesses scrambled to respond to a deluge of travel restrictions announced over the weekend to slow the spread of the omicron coronavirus variant. An…
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Return-to-Office Full Time Is Losing
You might have thought that by the end of May, with the pandemic officially over, people would be getting back to the office. But a new report…
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Sara Menker Warns About the Fallout of Rising Food Insecurity
Sara Menker runs a private company, Gro Intelligence, that uses data and AI to make predictions about climate change and food security, but when she appeared before…
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MLB to Cover Minor Leaguer Housing. Advocates Call It a Start
By 2018, Joe Hudson had been playing professional baseball for five years as a minor leaguer. He had less than $1,000 in his bank account. Many minor…
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Asia’s Richest Man Plans $10 Billion Push Into Green Energy
Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani unveiled an ambitious push into clean energy involving 750 billion rupees ($10.1 billion) of investment over three years, marking a new pivot for…
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