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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As the COVID-19 pandemic settled in over the course of the first half of 2020, few works enjoyed as much renewed interest as those of the Algerian-born French existentialist Albert Camus. His classic 1947 novel "The Plague" tells the story of a town beset and isolated by an outbreak of the bubonic plague. The plague drags on and health authorities struggle to contain it. The population…

WASHINGTON—Rapidly rising interest rates are squeezing the flow of private capital to the world’s poorest countries. The problem is that the preferred alternatives—the International Monetary Fund and World Bank—are getting quickly committed.Lending by the pair has reached a record as they help poor and emerging countries cope with the pandemic, soaring energy costs and the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Government officials gathering in Washington for the two institutions’ annual meetings this week, while…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain By analyzing how leaders have reacted to past crises, a new University at Buffalo School of Management study reveals what the workplace of the future might look like. …

More and more western companies are moving their operations to the country due to the geographical advantages it offers amid challenges posed by global crises, such as the Ukraine conflict. Türkiye, which is located right next to the European Union, is becoming more and more important for the logistics sector on…

Chart showing global human development index value from 1990, declining two years in a row in 2020 and 2021 during the Covid-19 pandemic, UNDP data shows. A United Nations report published Thursday argues that an unprecedented array of crises, chiefly among them COVID-19, has set human progress back five years and fueled a global wave of uncertainty.…

Actor-turned-director Carolina Cavalli makes her feature debut with this elegant, angular contrivance: an absurdist existential comedy about an entitled twentysomething called Amanda (Benedetta Porcaroli, from Netflix’s Baby) who has reached a quarterlife crisis.Amanda has finished an unsatisfying period in Paris studying and returned to her wealthy family home in Italy, the scene of a near-drowning childhood accident in the swimming pool and the base for her extended dysfunctional clan. Like someone awakening from a…

Even in a future with low greenhouse gas emissions, extreme precipitation events will be more likely in parts of the U.S. National Climate Assessment 2018 Devastating flash floods in Dallas, St. Louis and eastern Kentucky have left cities across the U.S. questioning their own security in a warming climate. …

Apple is showcasing one of the many projects it is invested in as part of the company's commitment to combat the housing crisis in California.In a press release, the company showcased Veterans Square, a new 30-unit apartment building that was built for veterans and "individuals who have been identified as having the greatest need for housing." The building, which was opened in March, is part of the company’s $2.5 billion commitment — $1.3 billion of which has already been deployed across partnerships with the California…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The majority of Germans feel that their security is threatened by the current political crises. Over 78 percent of respondents to the latest "Politikpanel Deutschland" (Political Panel Germany) survey conducted by the University of Freiburg regard the war in Ukraine as threatening or very threatening. The war in eastern Europe thus overshadows all other problems. In second place is the fear…

The International Monetary Fund says that a Russian gas embargo could have a severe economic fallout in Europe leaving the continent in a deep recession. Russian gas cuts threaten to shutter Germany's economy and much of Europe's. (Hannibal Hanschke /…