Live in a renewable energy-powered home For a climate of year-round sunshine Dubai has been relatively slow to embrace the possibilities of solar energy. But the Emirate is making up for lost time with plans to install solar panels on 10 per cent of Emirati homes, and the first solar powered apartments now on the...Read More
Greenland: ‘The melt is winning this game’ Is the climate change a dreadful drastic reality? or Hoax. Share your opinion Watch the Video. Link: https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2017/12/01/global-warning-greenland-ward-ac-pkg.cnn?fbclid=IwAR3O5RMKI2_3oMayhnon3akBQPlNkGkAOFk7bBFG-673iAzdV9MD_SE_j4YRead More
June 5th: Just one day after the U.S. government announced it would no longer allow Americans to travel to Cuba via ship, cruise lines are changing their itineraries and cancelling planned stops to the island. Royal Caribbean was the first to announce itinerary changes, according to Seatrade Cruise News; its June 5 and June 6...Read More
Tear down walls of ignorance and narrow-mindedness, for nothing has to stay as it is. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, during her commencement address at Harvard University. In her speech, Merkel warned against the perils of isolationism and nationalism, pushed for action on climate change and advocated to never “describe lies as truth and truth as...Read More
In other trade news, the game of brinkmanship between the US and China keeps escalating, and it looks like China may be ready to play the ace up its sleeve: Rare earth metals. China’s top economic planning agency indicated the country may be poised to curb exports of rare earths. Chinese state media also published...Read More
Beijing now has 2 civilian airports: Beijing Capital International Airport (3 terminals, the 2nd busiest airport in the world, 2nd only to Atlanta Airport) and Beijing Nanyuan Airport (1 terminal). The new Beijing Daxing International Airport is expected to be the world’s largest airport upon completion. Covering 1.4 million square meters, the terminal will be about the size...Read More
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, who’s declared a war on the city’s pollution, this week announced plans to transform the bridgeway linking the historic Trocadéro square with the Eiffel Tower into a “green corridor” reserved for pedestrians by 2024. Hidalgo, whose mission to “pedestrianise” the historic centre of the French capital has already led to the...Read More
World’s best airport has new $1 billion shopping, entertainment hub with indoor waterfall. Singapore Changi Airport, ranked the No. 1 airport in the world, is opening to the public a new shopping and entertainment hub called the Jewel, on April 17. Inspired by Singapore’s reputation as a “city in a garden,” Jewel features a sprawling indoor forest,...Read More
Indonesia plans to relocate its capital from Jakarta because it’s one of the fastest-sinking cities in the world. Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/29/asia/indonesia-relocate-jakarta-intl/index.html or https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/indonesia-plans-to-move-its-capital-away-from-jakarta/news-story/b6a43e1f4dcf8c1bcfd412c9ab1a1683 or https://news.sky.com/story/indonesia-to-move-capital-away-from-jakarta-11706822Read More
Emirates named Best Airline Worldwide, sweeps up five awards at Business Traveller Middle East Awards 2019 The airline was also crowned Airline with the Best First Class, Airline with the Best Economy Class, Airline with the Best Frequent Flyer Program and Best Airport Lounge in the Middle East Dubai, UAE: 29 April 2019 – Emirates continued...Read More
