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Former military defence expert is to take up the role in January, but can he stop the rot in Abu Dhabi where the airline...

BV’s JASON AGNEW continues his look at the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals SDG2: Zero hunger ALL THE United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals have a certain level...

Modern banks started offering Islamic finance in the mid-1970s. At the time, there were major developments in the Muslim world such as the oil...

Resource-rich country is plagued by shortage of safe water supplies INDIA — the world’s seventh biggest economy — boasts impressive reserves of 87 natural resources, but one...

By LARA ALVAREZ CLIMATE hazards are increasing in frequency and severity, posing risk to life, assets, infrastructure, and supply chains. Systemic disruption is driven by policy...

It is no surprise that cities around the world have been expanding over the last few decades. The pace of this trend is breath-taking....

MOBILE phone batteries last for a few hours and then slowly die. We all sigh a little, put them on charge, and wait a...

Professor Ilan Kapoor doesn’t believe in participatory development. He considers the concept little more than a misleading slogan – harsher words have been used...

By VIOLETA GEVORKJAN THE WORLD is facing a sustainability crisis, climate change, and biodiversity loss — and the need for action is pressing. Climate change and...

BILLIONAIRE Yvon Chouinard, founder of outdoor fashion retailer Patagonia, has given his company to a charitable trust to fight climate change. Under the new structure,...