2+ hour, 16+ min ago   (845+ words) Countries like Australia have long struggled to tax the global tech giants. Now, a new approach could significantly increase tax collected from multinationals such as Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon. These companies earn significant revenue from Australian consumers. However, much…...

7+ hour, 5+ min ago   (781+ words) Since the end of the second world war, adding phosphorus to soils in the form of mineral fertiliser has played a crucial role in increasing and maintaining global food production in response to population growth. However, plants only take up…...

1+ day, 34+ min ago   (1076+ words) Water affects almost every part of daily life: drinking, sanitation, food production, health, jobs and the natural environment. Yet in South Africa, three million people don’t have clean running water, and 14 million have no flushing toilets. Climate change and recurring…...

1+ day, 9+ min ago   (811+ words) Across Africa, people are restoring and managing mangroves, grazing lands and urban green areas in the face of increasing threats from climate change. Increasingly they make decisions based on climate-related information supplied by governments, funders and researchers. But are they…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1106+ words) Japan’s Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu phoned his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, on Sept. 8, 2026, to express concern over the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz. It was reportedly the ninth such phone call between the pair since March. Tokyo’s…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (540+ words) Anxiety about automation dates back hundreds of years....

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (938+ words) As climate change and widening inequality intensify, economists are increasingly questioning whether endless economic growth is compatible with a healthy society and a finite planet. The degrowth movement has put this question at the centre of public debate. Advocates such…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (643+ words) What does economic pressure on Iran look like? On social media, people are documenting it one receipt at a time. A washing machine. A bag of groceries. A packet of chips. On Iranian social media, everyday items are being used…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (732+ words) Morocco spent most of the last decade drying out. Between 2019 and 2024, the country recorded six consecutive years of below-average rainfall, the longest on record. The 2023-24 hydrological year was the driest in more than six decades, with a national total of…...