Is Time Up for Online Betting? Brazil Has Just Shut Its Licensed Market
Brazil shuts its licensed online betting market on 6 October. India has banned it and Britain and Australia have tightened rules. Is time up?
From XR to anti-vaxxers, we take stock of the influences on society and culture across the globe, the movements, the movers and the shakers.
Brazil shuts its licensed online betting market on 6 October. India has banned it and Britain and Australia have tightened rules. Is time up?
The Resolution Foundation wants England to swap council tax and stamp duty for a single 0.7% levy on home values. A mansion tax is already on the way, and other countries show how differently homes can be taxed.
A federal judge ordered the White House on 24 September to restore press passes for CNN, MS NOW and Politico. Days earlier, the ban left Trump speaking at his own event with no microphone to carry his words.
Germany cut fuel tax before a vote and lost. Trump promises $5,000. What pre-election handouts cost, and whether they win votes.
Learn about the alarming prevalence of fertility misinformation on social media platforms as revealed by Women's Health World research.
Explore how medical research has historically overlooked women in clinical trials and the impact on health outcomes.
Discover how counterfeit goods are becoming more sophisticated with AI tools, posing challenges for authenticity and consumer trust.
Discover how weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are changing consumer preferences and the food industry dynamics.
Oxfam's 'Carbon Inequality Kills' report reveals the alarming impact of the lifestyles of the world's top 50 richest individuals on climate change, advocating for taxes on their contributions to carbon emissions.A recent report by Oxfam, a global organisation...
The World Wide Web Foundation is closing after 16 years of promoting an open and secure web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee has announced.
Learn about British Restaurants in the 1940s. Find out how these canteens offered high-quality, affordable meals during a critical period.
Should England lower the drink-driving limit? Learn about the BMA's proposal and the potential impact on road safety.
Mead is being reinvented with new fermentation techniques and unique flavors, making it a trendy choice for modern drinkers this summer.
Does disruptive protest actually work? The public doesn’t like it, but academics believe that it is an important part of driving change.
Warning: if you want some time out from annoying work calls, the excuse ‘I didn’t have any signal’ is increasingly implausible. It’s been announced by the GSMA, the body that unifies the global mobile ecosystem, that 95 per cent of the world’s population now has...
The Cold War didn’t end. It just paused for a few years while Russia looked around for a new set of ideological clothes. The fact is that the Russians have never been particularly friendly towards Western Europe. And the current warm Sino-Russian relationship is an...
Opinion is split whether THE LINE, a 170km-long, 200m wide city unveiled this week by Saudi Arabia is a vision of a perfect future for civilisation, or an indication that dystopian science fiction is coming true.The announcement of the project by Mohammed bin...
Over the last couple of years, every aspect of our lives has been shoved into a large washing machine set to maximum spin. Where, how and when many of us work has evolved dramatically and it looks as though many of the changes are here to stay.Even though COVID...
Around six years ago I accepted a job working as head of communications for a start-up healthcare company providing therapy and hormones to the transgender community.It didn’t really cross my mind to be concerned that I didn’t know anything about being trans. I had...
Political attitudes and beliefs have been shifting dramatically over the last few years. But, like the tides, they change direction relatively quickly. The pandemic seems to have curbed the attractiveness of ‘strong man’ leaders, but it’s also causing people to...