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KazMunayGas heads to participate at the Downstream Caspian and Central Asia

An extensive delegation of senior representatives of Kazmunaygas and its subsidiaries and refineries will participate in the Downstream Caspian and Central Asia conference on the 23th-24th September in Nur-Sultan

22 июля 2019 2 мин. 5065

Boris Johnson and the Threat to British Soft Power

EDINBURGH – Since the United Kingdom’s Department of International Development (DFID) was created 22 years ago, it has lifted millions out of poverty, sent millions of children to school, and saved millions of lives through vaccination programs and other innovative initiatives. Most recently, it has been a world leader in delivering development aid to poor countries facing the ravages of climate change

19 июля 2019 5 мин. 10300

The Exploitation Time Bomb

NEW DELHI – Since reducing inequality became an official goal of the international community, income disparities have widened. This trend, typically blamed on trade liberalization and technological advances that have weakened the bargaining power of labor vis-à-vis capital, has generated a political backlash in many countries, with voters blaming their economic plight on “others” rather than on national policies. And such sentiments of course merely aggravate social tensions without addressing the root causes of worsening inequality

18 июля 2019 4 мин. 6913

Thumbs Down to Facebook’s Cryptocurrency

NEW YORK – Facebook and some of its corporate allies have decided that what the world really needs is another cryptocurrency, and that launching one is the best way to use the vast talents at their disposal. The fact that Facebook thinks so reveals much about what is wrong with twenty-first-century American capitalism

17 июля 2019 5 мин. 10295

The Limits of Mass Protest in a Dictatorship

LONDON – Hong Kong is not Beijing. And July 1, 2019, is not June 4, 1989. First of all, in 1989, the violence in China came almost entirely from the side of the government; the weeks of demonstrations in Beijing and other cities had remained remarkably peaceful throughout. This was mostly true in Hong Kong as well, until a small number of young protesters lost their cool and ransacked the Legislative Council chamber with crowbars and hammers

16 июля 2019 5 мин. 10794

Facebook's New Poker AI Can Beat The World's Top Players

It might be time for poker players to cash in their chips after Facebook and Carnegie Mellon researchers created an artificial intelligence (AI) bot that can beat top human professionals in six-player no-limit Texas hold'em poker, the most popular form of the card game

15 июля 2019 4 мин. 6621

World’s Wealthiest Get Poorer As China Leads $2 Trillion Global Wealth Write Off

The wealth of the world’s richest people is in decline according to a new report from Capgemini, pointing to the loss of $2 trillion worldwide in 2018.

12 июля 2019 3 мин. 7128

U.K. Competition Watchdog Probes Amazon’s $575 Million Bet on Deliveroo

Amazon’s investment into food delivery startup Deliveroo is in jeopardy after a U.K. regulator ordered the duo to put their deal on hold while it decides whether to investigate further