They appeared in June last year as Paris was waking up from its annual all-night Festival of Music: hundreds of green-and-black electric scooters dotting the pavements of the capital.
Business
Jul 5, 2019
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Global efforts to impose a unified tax policy on Google, Facebook and other internet giants have cleared a major hurdle ahead of a G20 summit in Japan, officials said Friday.
Internet
May 31, 2019
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The gap between the haves and the have-nots globally is now at the same level as in the 1820s, the OECD said Thursday, warning it was one of the most "worrying" developments over the past 200 years.
Social Sciences
Oct 2, 2014
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Computers do not noticeably improve school pupils' academic results and can even hamper performance, an OECD report said Tuesday that looked at the impact of technology in classrooms across the globe.
Social Sciences
Sep 15, 2015
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China now accounts for more greenhouse gas emissions than all of the world's developed nations combined, according to new research from Rhodium Group.
Environment
May 7, 2021
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Fossil fuel companies have access to an obscure legal tool that could jeopardize worldwide efforts to protect the climate, and they're starting to use it. The result could cost countries that press ahead with those efforts ...
Environment
May 9, 2022
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Transportation experts say car-congested cities could become a thing of the past, provided people are prepared to ride-share with a robot driver.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 23, 2015
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Scholars from USC and other leading universities conclude that rules on the books to increase fuel economy for passenger vehicles will do more good than harm, contradicting claims by the Trump administration as it seeks to ...
Environment
Dec 6, 2018
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China's subsidies to farmers soared six-fold between 2008 and 2010 to $147 billion, making it the global leader, OECD data showed Wednesday, in what could complicate trade liberalisation talks.
Environment
Sep 22, 2011
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0
Pressures on Earth's ecosystem are now so great that future generations could be doomed to falling living standards, the OECD said on Thursday in a report looking to the mid-century.
Environment
Mar 15, 2012
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