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Why Kickstarter Became a ‘Public Benefit Corporation’
Sept. 21 — Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter has reincorporated as a Public Benefit Corporation, joining U.S. companies like Patagonia Inc. in legally enshrining the pursuit of social values in their business. Company CEO […]
Could The Concorde Soar Back To Life?
A group called Club Concorde has raised $186 million to take it to the skies once again.
China’s Communist Party Turns to Confucius
Aiming to re-establish China as a great world power, the Communist Party is reviving the Chinese culture it once sought to destroy. One way is through rituals like traditional weddings at the […]
Volkswagen Admits to Cheating On Diesel Emissions Tests
Volkswagen has admitted cheating U.S. diesel emissions tests, sending company shares plunging as much as 23 percent in Frankfurt and potentially leaving the company open to billions of dollars in fines. Bloomberg’s […]
Berlin: Helping refugees become mobile
With so many refugees now arriving in Germany many locals are looking for ways to help them. Here in Berlin a group of bicycle mechanics is helping new arrivals get in the […]
North Korean orphan now caring for other orphans
CNN’s Will Ripley meets a North Korean woman who was orphaned as a child, and has dedicated her life to helping other orphans and working for the state.
Mbongwana Star’s “Kala” by Doctor L and Renaud Barret
Dancers pound the streets of Kinshasa, DR Congo, in Mbongwana Star’s pulsating video for “Kala,” directed by Doctor L and Renaud Barret. Read the full feature on
Surf’s up in North Korea
Dream destination North Korea: In what’s seen as the regime’s latest move to boost tourism in the isolated country, leader Kim Jong Un wants to rebrand North Korea as an international surfing […]
Is a 100 per cent renewables-powered world really possible?
Could Greenpeace’s latest report once again prove more accurate than those of some mainstream analysts. By James Murray What was once seen as “fanciful or unrealistic” is now very much in vogue. […]