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What Do I Do If I Get Into A Car Accident In Canada?
All over the world, procedure and steps taken when one is involved in a car accident differ from…
2020-06-13
Here’s What The Data Reveal About Trump, The 2016 Elections, And Modern Racism
Studies reveal the truth about Trump, his rise to power, and the entrenchment of racism. Multiple events of…
2020-06-13
Uncertainties And Shifts: The World Of Generation Z
What sets Gen Z-ers apart from others? How are they affected by the COVID-19 pandemic? Accounting for about…
2020-06-12
The Design Of Dissent: How City Public Spaces Can Make Or Break A Civil Protest
Depending on how it’s built, urban spaces have the power to mobilise or impede protests. “Global Protest Wave”…
2020-06-10
America’s Most Diverse, Mixed-Income Neighborhoods
]Which U.S. metro areas have the most people living in inclusive and diverse neighbourhoods? About seven million Americans…
2020-06-09
COVID-19: Which Economies Are Reopening
Some countries are gradually lifting their lockdown measures in an attempt to jump-start their economies. After months of…
2020-06-08
COVID-19 Pandemic Fuels Bicycle Boom
The cycling market experiences a surge in demand in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Before COVID-19, we…
2020-06-08
Explainer: China’s National Security Law For Hong Kong And Why It Matters
Here’s how China’s national security bill law for Hong Kong can affect the financial hub. It hasn’t been…
2020-06-06
Impact Of COVID-19 On The Global Financial System
Amid COVID-19, global financial systems have been a source of both support and potential risks. During the on-going…
2020-06-05
The Benefits Of Living In A Small Town
The benefits of a large city or the advantages of a small town? This comparison is often debated…
2020-06-05
Why Are Electric Scooters Dangerous?
Electric scooters seem like a fun way of getting around the city, but they’re far more hazardous than…
2020-06-05
How Global Central Banks Are Responding To COVID-19
With a global pandemic sending tremors to the economic landscape, central banks are taking action. Central banks are…
2020-06-03
How To Make Your Trips Faster Than Ever
Traveling is an exciting experience for most people, but getting to your destination is only half the battle.…
2020-05-31
How COVID-19 Is Reversing The Progress In The Fight Against Global Poverty
Various forecasts suggest that years worth of poverty reduction are slowly being negated by COVID-19. Forecasts from multiple…
2020-05-29
Remote Work Policies Likely To Propel Post-Pandemic Exodus From Expensive Cities
The COVID-19 pandemic-driven surge in remote work may result in an exodus from expensive cities. One in four…
2020-05-28
How City Streets Are Being Transformed During COVID-19 Lockdown
After COVID-19, some city streets might never revert to how they were before the lockdown. Global-scale lockdowns have…
2020-05-28
The Geopolitics Of A Changing Arctic
The Arctic is experiencing drastic changes. Along with these changes are greater challenges to face. The Arctic region…
2020-05-26
The World At War In 2020
Apart from the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple regions across the world are mired in armed conflict. Armed Conflict…
2020-05-25
How Tech Helps To Stop City Smog From Ruining The Indoor Air Quality
A quick walk to the store or down to the subway might not seem like a big deal,…
2020-05-25
Why Is Tap Water Not Safe Anymore Even In High Quality Cities
Over the last few decades, the mainstream media has been inundated with horror stories about the water we…
2020-05-22
Megacity Slums Are Incubators Of Disease – But Coronavirus Response Isn’t Helping The Billion People Who Live In Them
Having ravaged some of the world’s wealthiest cities, the coronavirus pandemic is now spreading into the megacities of…
2020-05-21
How We Took Everything For Granted – And Will We Do It Again?
As COVID-19 sweeps away from country to country and governments start imposing lockdown measures, we realize how much…
2020-05-21
What We Can Learn From The Stoics In Rethinking Urban Design
Apart from self-improvement, Stoic wisdom also provides insights on how we can improve urban design. Stoicism, the ancient…
2020-05-20
Coronavirus: Governments Knew A Pandemic Was A Threat – Here’s Why They Weren’t Better Prepared
Most people think or at least hope their government is doing a good job in the face of…
2020-05-20
All Of The World’s Wealth In One Visualization
If all of the world’s wealth were lumped together, how much would it be worth? Global wealth in…
2020-05-19
Here’s How Industries Shape Cities And Economies
As data and mobility erase physical constraints, the shape of cities facilitates innovation and growth. By 2050, 68%…
2020-05-18
The Impact Of COVID-19 On Future Mobility Solutions
What does this global pandemic entail for the future of mobility in the new world? With the world…
2020-05-16
The World’s Best Airports 2020
Travellers worldwide selected these airports as the best in the world for the year 2020. Singapore Changi Airport…
2020-05-13
The Best U.S. States For Remote Work
Forced to stay indoors, which states have the infrastructure best suited for remote working conditions? Exceeding 4 million…
2020-05-12
These Are The World’s Top Military Spenders
What would happen if instead the military budget was used to finance our healthcare system? Economic rivals U.S.…
2020-05-11
How Cities Can Reopen After The Pandemic
Once the lockdowns are lifted, how will things return to how they used to be? Once the COVID-19…
2020-05-11
U.S. States Offering The Most Coronavirus Support
Which U.S. states are ready to help those at-risk due to the COVID-19 pandemic? With over 3.6 million…
2020-05-06
Global GDP To Plummet 3% In 2020 Due To Coronavirus Pandemic — IMF
With COVID-19 capsizing the global economy, GDP is expected to dive into a deep plunge. The global gross…
2020-05-05
Air Quality Improves Significantly Amid COVID-19 Lockdowns
COVID-19 lockdowns are depleting air pollution levels even in the world’s most air-polluted cities. Real-time data from the…
2020-04-29
COVID-19, Debt, And The Politics Of Austerity
Numbered are the certainties in this coronavirus pandemic. Among these are unprecedented levels of debt. Even before the…
2020-04-28
Will The ‘Singapore Model’ Survive The Pandemic?
How long can a migrant-driven city like Singapore be sustained with closed borders? “This is all around us…
2020-04-28
If More Of Us Work From Home After Coronavirus We’ll Need To Rethink City Planning
We have seen an unprecedented rise in the number of people working from home as directed by governments…
2020-04-28
How The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Disrupting The Global Stock Market
The COVID-19 pandemic is swiftly rewriting the landscape of the stock market into a tragedy. 2.9 million people…
2020-04-27
What Just Happened To The Price Of Oil?
We have just witnessed an oil price crash like never before taking prices of West Texas Intermediate into…
2020-04-27
How To Move To A New City For School
Continuing your education after high school and attending college is something that can make a huge difference to…
2020-04-24
How Communications Can Power Smart Cities
Modern communication technologies have been around for two decades or more and while there have been some incredibly…
2020-04-24
Who’s Most Vulnerable To COVID-19’s Impact On Tourism?
COVID-19 has hurt the world’s economies. However, tourism-dependent countries are more vulnerable to economic fallout. The number of…
2020-04-20
The World’s Leading Financial Centres
Z/Yen Partners in collaboration with the China Development Institute (CDI) released the 2020 edition of the Global Financial…
2020-04-17
OPEC+ Ends Oil Price War With A Historic Deal
The coronavirus pandemic has brought massive shocks across the stock market. Adding fuel to the fire, an oil…
2020-04-14
What Will The World Be Like After Coronavirus? Four Possible Futures
Where will we be in six months, a year, ten years from now? I lie awake at night…
2020-04-03
The World In 2050: How Will The Global Economic Order Change By 2050?
What will happen to the world economy by the year 2050? PwC published some long-term predictions for the…
2020-04-01
Corporate Socialism: The Government Is Bailing Out Investors And Managers Not You
The U.S. government is enacting measures to save the airlines, Boeing, and similarly affected corporations. While we clearly…
2020-03-31
Single Mothers Worldwide Are Struggling To Put Food On Their Tables
Globally, single women are more likely to struggle having enough money to buy food, data from the recent…
2020-03-31
The World’s Most Expensive Cities 2020
Three cities share the title of being the most expensive city in the world. This is according to…
2020-03-25
Life In A Big City When You Are A Student
It is so much fun to be a student in a big city. It is, indeed, a unique…
2020-03-25