Existential threats, elections, and economic policy

[ad_1] ‘As we enter 2024, results of the Forum’s Global Risks Perception Survey 2023-2024 (GRPS) highlight a predominantly negative outlook for the world over the short term that is expected…

How China’s slowdown is deepening Hong Kong’s ‘existential crisis’

[ad_1] Rosanne Wong should be enjoying a year of recovery at her four cigar shops in Hong Kong, after three years of Covid restrictions were finally lifted at the start…

Rishi Sunak addresses existential AI threats ahead of UK safety summit

[ad_1] UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has vowed to tackle fears surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) ahead of the world’s first AI safety summit next week.  The speech from Sunak on…

Nigeria: Need for social impact and existential realities

[ad_1] The greatest challenge among men, the Church especially in Africa, and Nigeria in particular is the non-realisation that God from inception empowered man through the mandate issued in Genesis…

France’s Destruction of Surplus Wine Hints at an Existential Wine Crisis

[ad_1] Last week came the shocking news that France’s government, along with the E.U., would spend more than 200 million euros to destroy surplus wine. In a press conference on…

Coinbase Faces Existential Risk as SEC Increases Scrutiny on Crypto

[ad_1] Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong. Source: a video screenshot, CNBC / YouTube The US-based crypto exchange Coinbase is facing an “existential risk” as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continues…

South Africa’s energy crisis poses ‘existential threat’ to its economy

[ad_1] London(CNN) South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a national state of disaster in response to the country’s drawn-out energy crisis, calling it “an existential threat” to Africa’s most…

Scandal at CBI Plunges UK Business Lobby Into Existential Crisis

[ad_1] When Rishi Sunak stepped up to the podium at the Vox venue in Birmingham in November, he had one mission: to convince business leaders to stay loyal after his…

Cyprus is losing its Russians — and confronting existential questions about its economy

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. For decades, Cyprus built an economy that courted Russians — Russian tourists, Russian investors, Russian oligarchs. Now, with Europe…

Warning of ‘existential threat’ to UK tech sector after failure of Silicon Valley Bank in the US

[ad_1] UK start-up founders warn Chancellor Jeremy Hunt that the bank’s collapse will “cripple” the British tech sector. Sunday 12 March 2023 05:04, UK Dozens of early-stage tech companies in…