A cross-border investigation by DW and ICIJ reveals how pricing and patents helped turn a life-saving medicine, Keytruda, into one of the world's best selling drugs, while leaving many patients struggling to access it. A yearlong international investigation more...
AUSTRALIA: How to avoid being like America
Australia op-ed by Kate Griffiths, Democracy Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute; Aruna Sathanapally, Chief Executive, Grattan Institute, and Matthew Bowes, Senior Associate, Economic Prosperity and Democracy, Grattan Institute Around the world, more...
AUSTRALIA: Diesel price shocks signal need for fast-tracking remote renewables transition
As global fuel prices surge through conflict in the Middle East, many of Australia's aboriginal peoples and their critical industries are feeling the pinch, according to the First Nations Clean Energy Network. In remote First Nations communities primarily more...
WEALTH TAX: Why are countries afraid to tax the ultrarich? – Watch
Growing income inequality and public displays of billionaire power are increasing calls for a new income and wealth tax aimed at the world’s richest individuals. Can wealth ever be taxed fairly? Not many people enjoy paying taxes. But many voters don’t see a problem taxing the superrich and making them pay their “fair share.” One more…
ANALYSIS: What would it take to tap into NZ’s ocean energy?
The oil shocks of the 1970s, triggered by conflict in the Middle East, sent global energy prices soaring and exposed the vulnerability of modern economies to fuel supply. They also sparked a global surge of interest in alternative energy. One particularly intriguing idea at the time came from Stephen Salter, a University of Edinburgh researcher more…
USA: Artemis II splashes down in Pacific after historic moon trip
Artemis II mission: The four crew members are back on Earth after splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast. What you should know: The NASA astronauts became the first humans to observe the far-side of the moon The Orion spacecraft broke Apollo 13’s record for traveling the farthest distance from Earth NASA’s Artemis more…
GLOBAL ISSUES: El Nino forecast as ocean temperatures approach record highs
The EU’s global warming monitor also reported the second-highest global sea surface temperature and said based on current trends, a shift towards El Nino conditions was likely. Ocean temperatures for March hit near-record highs, the European Union’s global warming monitor, the Copernicus Climate Change Service, said on Friday. The warmest March for oceans on record was more…
AIR New Zealand: Seamless travel with new digital identity tech – Watch
Air New Zealand has successfully completed a trial of a new digital identity technology designed to reduce repeated passport checks and make travel more seamless. Today, customers are required to show their passport multiple times across their journey including for check-in, boarding, transit and arrival processes. With airlines, airports, border agencies and partner airlines all more…
GERMANY: Veteran German actor Mario Adorf dies at age 95
Few actors had a career as rich as Mario Adorf. He played legendary Hollywood villains, wrote German TV history and still had film roles at age 90. German actor Mario Adorf was a phenomenon. On screen, he beat people up, shot and killed them. He was loud, he was rude and used foul language. And more…
