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April 19, 2020

Globalization
Wearing the World Out

What’s the true cost of cheap clothes? Fast fashion has become a multibillion-dollar industry in recent decades, reshaping the world’s shopping habits. But the industry’s low prices disguise a stagge…

Podcast A pile of jeans

December 1, 2022

China
UN Biodiversity Conference, Russian Oil Sanctions, China’s COVID Protests, and More

The UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) takes place in Montreal, Canada; the European Union and Group of Seven (G7) plan to implement price caps and partial embargos on Russian oil to respond to the w…

Podcast Vigil commemorating victims of a fire in Urumqi, in Beijing

January 14, 2016

Global
The World Next Week: January 14, 2016

OPEC meets amid plunging oil prices, Taiwan holds elections and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank meets in Beijing.

Podcast

December 19, 2014

Global
The World Next Year: 2015

In 2015: low oil prices affect economies worldwide; a new dawn begins for Afghanistan and Pakistan; tough economic times might have political repercussions; and a global debate intensifies over techn…

Podcast

May 25, 2023

Supply Chains
Down and Dirty: The Global Fertilizer Dilemma

Feeding the world's eight billion people has never been easy. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine shocked the market for fertilizer, that task has gotten even harder. The fertilizer crisis threaten…

Podcast Farmers in crop field spraying fertilizer.