Category Archives: International News

TORONTO: TTC worries work-from-home trend will keep ridership way down… for good

05/10/2021 – 12:03 am

BLOGTO – 09 May 2021

It’s not all that surprising that TTC ridership has been abysmally low as a result of ongoing pandemic lockdowns, but the transit agency is noting that numbers are down even more than expected by this point, and that they may be down permanently.

Working from home has gone from something temporary amid stay-at-home orders to something permanent for the foreseeable future as companies forfeit their office spaces, residents move out of the city and we all get used to the comfort (and safety from viruses) that home can offer.        Continue reading →

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POLITICS: How Chinese Financing is Fueling Megaprojects Around the World

05/09/2021 – 12:09 am
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How Chinese Financing is Fueling Megaprojects Around the World

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How Chinese Financing is Fueling the World’s Megaprojects

On a mountaintop a few miles north of the bustling streets of Harare, Zimbabwe, a curving, modern complex is beginning to take shape. This building, once completed, will be the home of the African country’s parliament, and the centerpiece of a new section of the capital city.

Aside from the striking design, there’s another unique twist to this development — the entire $140 million project is a gift from Beijing. At first glance, gifting a country a new parliament building may seem extravagant, but the project is a tiny portion of China’s $270 billion in “diplomacy spending” since 2000.          Continue reading →

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TRAVEL: Discovering the Three Guianas: French Guiana, Suriname and Guyana

05/08/2021 – 1:09 am

FEATURED ITINERARY: DISCOVERING THE HIDDEN GUIANAS

Imagine three sisters. All have similar features and a common history, but one speaks French, one Dutch, and the third English.

That, in a nutshell, is the story of The Three Guianas: French Guiana, Suriname and Guyana. The three countries are located side by side in the northeast corner of South America, all have the Caribbean Sea as a border, and all are part of the Guiana Shield, one of the only four pristine tropical forests remaining in the world. The Guiana Shield covers an area of 1.2 million square miles and also includes parts of Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil.            Continue reading →

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USA– ‘Decades ahead of his time’: history catches up with visionary Jimmy Carter

05/04/2021 – 12:01 am
Former president Jimmy Carter with his wife Rosalynn in 2018. Was Carter actually so ineffectual?
Photo: Former president Jimmy Carter with his wife Rosalynn in 2018. – The Washington Post/Getty Images

A new film rejects the popular narrative and recasts the former president, 96, as hugely prescient thinker, particularly on climate change

Mon 3 May 2021 14.39 BST THE GUARDIAN
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ENVIRONMENT: They are killing our forest- Brazilian tribe warns : BBC News

05/03/2021 – 12:06 am
Two Awa children smile for the camera in 2014

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has asked for $1bn (£720m) a year in foreign aid to reduce illegal deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.

But under Mr Bolsonaro deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has soared, jeopardising the livelihoods of some of the world’s most vulnerable indigenous communities.

Our chief environment correspondent, Justin Rowlatt, has been trying to find out what this has meant for an Amazon tribe he first met back in 2010.          Continue reading →

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ENERGY: ‘Insanely cheap energy’: solar power continues to shock the world

05/03/2021 – 12:03 am

Solar is now officially cheapest form of energy – IEA

 – Poised to become king of electricity markets

IEA’s Executive Director, Dr. Faith Birol

May 02, 2021 – Kaieteur News – According to the estimations of the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA), solar energy has not only become the cheapest form of energy, but is also poised to become king of global electricity markets.

The intergovernmental organisation which works with countries around the world to shape energy policies for a secure and sustainable future, made this conclusion known in its recent publication of World Energy Outlook 2020. This document is a yearly study that allows the agency to map possibilities for the future.

In the WEO-2020, the agency outlines the “extraordinarily turbulent” impact of the coronavirus on the now “highly uncertain” future of global energy use over the next two decades. The IEA in its highly influential annual outlook offers four global energy “pathways” to 2040, all of which see a major rise in renewables.        Continue reading →

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Mapped: Global GDP Forecasts for 2021 and Beyond – By Visual Capitalist

05/01/2021 – 12:03 am

      Global GDP Forecasts for 2021& 2022 – Guyana leads – see map

In the April 2021 version of its Global Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reiterated its expectations of a strong economic recovery over the next few years.

Economists acknowledged that, while the path of the pandemic remains uncertain, global vaccine rollouts represent the light at the end of the tunnel. As a result, global GDP growth forecasts for 2021 and 2022 sit at +6.0% and +4.4% respectively.

In this Markets in a Minute chart from New York Life Investments, we’ve mapped the IMF’s country-level GDP forecasts to see which areas are expected to have the greatest rebounds.

READ MORE: https://advisor.visualcapitalist.com/animated-map-gdp-forecasts-for-2021-and-beyond/

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VIDEO: The Amazon Rain Forest – An Amazing Ecosystem

04/28/2021 – 12:44 am
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VIDEO: Scottish independence: could Britain break up? | The Economist

04/28/2021 – 12:06 am

Scottish independence: could Britain break up? | The Economist – Published on April 18, 2021

The union between the nations of the United Kingdom is looking increasingly fragile, thanks to Brexit.

If Scotland were to break away from Britain it would face an uncertain future—as would the rest of the union.

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VIDEO: The Unstoppable Growth of China’s High-Speed Rail Network

04/28/2021 – 12:03 am

VIDEO: The Unstoppable Growth of China’s High-Speed Rail Network

How China out-built the world on high-speed rail. Produced by B1M – posted March 31, 2021

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