Hundreds of schools. Thousands of students. Millions of kilometres driven. When Boston needed to streamline school bus services, it turned to automation.

Sean Fleming 22 Aug 2019

Arts and Culture

From the court of Henry VIII to the impact of the internet: Barack Obama's summer reading list

Novels, non-fiction and short stories suggested by the 44th president of the US.

Johnny Wood 22 Aug 2019

United States

How Sweden became more entrepreneurial than the US

Young firms have been more prominent in the Swedish business sector than in the US, and research has found that the start-up rate has also increased in the Swedish business sector.

Fredrik Heyman, Pehr-Johan Norbäck, and Lars Persson · VoxEU 13 Aug 2019

Geopolitics

China and the U.S. need to embrace the idea of benign competition. Here’s why

If competition between China and the U.S. is inevitable, the two countries must find a way of avoiding a zero-sum game, or risk sliding into a cold war

China Institute of International Studies 13 Aug 2019

Banking and Capital Markets

Why the US dollar is still seen as the world's currency

The U.S. dollar accounted for 61.8% of the $10.9 trillion in allocated foreign exchange reserves in the first quarter of 2019.

Felix Richter · Statista 12 Aug 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

How a bionic arm is helping one little girl enjoy the things most take for granted

An eight-year-old girl in the US has become the youngest person in the country to receive a bionic arm. And her family say it’s making a big difference.

Douglas Broom 07 Aug 2019

United States

In 16 years, the US has lost the equivalent of nine Grand Canyon national parks

Despite losing 24 million acres of natural areas, only 12% of US land area is classified as a protected area, along with 26% of their ocean territory.

Valerie Volcovici · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 07 Aug 2019

Geopolitics

Q&A: The India–U.S. trade dispute and India’s evolving geopolitical role

President of the Observer Research Foundation Samir Saran describes what lies behind current India–U.S. tensions and how they relate to structural changes in the world order

Samir Saran 31 Jul 2019

Social Innovation

Two in five American couples now meet online

Our chart of the day shows Americans are more likely to meet the love of their life on a dating app or the internet, than in real-life social circles.

Charlotte Edmond 29 Jul 2019

Geopolitics

Why is the Strait of Hormuz so important?

Iran's seizure of a British-flagged ship in the gateway to the Persian Gulf highlights its critical importance to the worldwide flow of oil.

John Letzing 29 Jul 2019

Future of Economic Progress

A boom in Benjamins – the US $100 Bill is being used more often

The most valuable banknote in the United States has become the most widely circulated. However, most of the bills are held abroad still.

IMFblog · IMF Blog 29 Jul 2019

Global Governance

Four major car companies have joined California in tightening emissions

In a bid to tackle increasing environmental concerns, the state of California has taken matters into their own hands.

David Shepardson and Ben Klayman · Reuters 26 Jul 2019

Space

3 things to know about India’s space programme

India has launched a bid to land on the moon – here are three things you need to know as the mission takes off.

Douglas Broom 25 Jul 2019

Technological Transformation

This is how algorithms see the world around them

Despite tech and AI being present in nearly all aspects of everyday life in urban areas, there is still a gap to bridge in terms of how tech and algorithms can be used to their full poten...

Silvio Carta · The Conversation 25 Jul 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

5 things to know about the US opioid epidemic

While many of us are aware of the North American opioid crisis, new data reveals how extensive it is - and how it could be spreading to other areas.

Emma Charlton 24 Jul 2019

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This US city put an algorithm in charge of its school bus routes and saved $5 million

From the court of Henry VIII to the impact of the internet: Barack Obama's summer reading list

How Sweden became more entrepreneurial than the US

China and the U.S. need to embrace the idea of benign competition. Here’s why

Why the US dollar is still seen as the world's currency

How a bionic arm is helping one little girl enjoy the things most take for granted

In 16 years, the US has lost the equivalent of nine Grand Canyon national parks

Q&A: The India–U.S. trade dispute and India’s evolving geopolitical role

Two in five American couples now meet online

Why is the Strait of Hormuz so important?

A boom in Benjamins – the US $100 Bill is being used more often

Four major car companies have joined California in tightening emissions

3 things to know about India’s space programme

This is how algorithms see the world around them

5 things to know about the US opioid epidemic

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