Universities in Britain rely on overseas applicants paying full fees, which has given rise to some unscrupulous recruiters and left many hopefuls and their families deep in debt By Samira Shackle. Read by Dinita Gohil Continue reading...
Universities in Britain rely on overseas applicants paying full fees, which has given rise to some unscrupulous recruiters and left many hopefuls and their families deep in debt By Samira Shackle. Read by Dinita Gohil Continue reading...
He has been besieged by birds, had 120m crabs try to crawl up his trouser leg and stayed cool beside an erupting Icelandic volcano. As David Attenborough turns 100, we celebrate his most extraordinary adventures Today, David Attenborough turns 100. He is, without question, Britain’s greatest national treasure; a man who has devoted his career to helping the public engage with the natural world. Bu...
He has been besieged by birds, had 120m crabs try to crawl up his trouser leg and stayed cool beside an erupting Icelandic volcano. As David Attenborough turns 100, we celebrate his most extraordinary adventures Today, David Attenborough turns 100. He is, without question, Britain’s greatest national treasure; a man who has devoted his career to helping the public engage with the natural world. But his story is also the story of television. Attenborough joined the BBC just as television ownership hit its biggest period of growth, then went on to shape the medium, both on and off camera, over the next decades. He is as important a figure in television as you will ever find, and here are his wildest moments. *** Continue reading...
Jonathan Freedland speaks to the law professor and author Leah Litman about the conservative-leaning court’s decisions this legislative session, cases to come and why some are arguing it is now a political institution, not a legal one Archive: AP Continue reading...
Jonathan Freedland speaks to the law professor and author Leah Litman about the conservative-leaning court’s decisions this legislative session, cases to come and why some are arguing it is now a political institution, not a legal one Archive: AP Continue reading...
The helicopter flying over fields, rivers and villages in central Poland is loaded with high-tech cameras and sensors. The pilot, an army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, keeps the small Robinson R66 low to the ground. The chopper is on a surveillance mission and its route follows miles of high-voltage lines connected to a key power plant south of Warsaw. The equipment on board, designe...
The helicopter flying over fields, rivers and villages in central Poland is loaded with high-tech cameras and sensors. The pilot, an army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, keeps the small Robinson R66 low to the ground. The chopper is on a surveillance mission and its route follows miles of high-voltage lines connected to a key power plant south of Warsaw. The equipment on board, designed to monitor for tampering, is incredibly precise. It can even detect if someone has disturbed the ground or whether a vehicle has passed under the line. In an era of war and sabotage , regular reconnaissance of energy infrastructure has become an essential operation for PSE, Poland’s grid operator. It’s been ramped up since Russia’s full-scale operation of Ukraine, part of a host of security measures in place to ensure that the lights stay on and power gets to homes and businesses. Similar steps are being replicated across large parts of Europe’s eastern flank as utilities and governments race to harden electricity networks that weren’t designed to withstand missile strikes, cyber-attacks or drone assaults. NATO has called critical infrastructure a security priority and is pushing for more coordination and greater urgency in crisis readiness. “We are preparing for a much worse security environment,” said James Appathurai , NATO’s top advisor on cyber and hybrid defenses. “We need energy, the military needs energy, people need energy. Therefore it’s going to be in the sight lines.” The shift to a constant state of alert means spending more money. However, transmission operators are already facing funding shortfalls to address ageing assets, investment for electrification and renewables, and new power demand from data centers. The European Union estimates that about €1.2 trillion ($1.4 trillion) is needed in grid investment by 2040. According to JPMorgan Chase & Co., private money can play a part in funding that. “Activities that harden, expand and modernize the grid are bec...
The “unravelled” post-Cold War international order has created conditions that appear to mirror those preceding a great-power conflict, a former senior adviser to the White House has warned. “The international landscape … [is] beginning to look uncomfortably like a pre-war environment,” said Thomas Wright, who served as senior director for strategic planning at the US National Security Council in ...
The “unravelled” post-Cold War international order has created conditions that appear to mirror those preceding a great-power conflict, a former senior adviser to the White House has warned. “The international landscape … [is] beginning to look uncomfortably like a pre-war environment,” said Thomas Wright, who served as senior director for strategic planning at the US National Security Council in the Joe Biden administration. “A familiar pattern is taking shape,” Wright said on Wednesday at an...
What do a wealth management professional covering the burgeoning Asian region and a painter have in common? For LH Koh, it involves staying grounded. Koh, head of global family and institutional wealth for Asia-Pacific at UBS – the Swiss financial services company which is consistently ranked as the world’s largest – believes that guiding the region’s most sophisticated families and institutions r...
What do a wealth management professional covering the burgeoning Asian region and a painter have in common? For LH Koh, it involves staying grounded. Koh, head of global family and institutional wealth for Asia-Pacific at UBS – the Swiss financial services company which is consistently ranked as the world’s largest – believes that guiding the region’s most sophisticated families and institutions requires more than market expertise. It calls for clarity of thinking, deep understanding of client...
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