Life
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COP28: The move away from fossil fuels can't come soon enough for these countries
The negotiations at COP28, which comes to a close on Tuesday, December 12, are now entering their final stages
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Led by Taylor Swift's $1 billion tour, 2023 concerts set a new record
Total sales for the 2023 tours (stretching for a year starting from mid-November 2022) skyrocketed 46 percent as compared to the previous year, which was also a record
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Doubt kills more dreams than failure: Brendon McCullum
Former Kiwi keeper-batter, who has now introduced his fearless batting approach to England's Test team as its coach, on how he rewired the culture and what 'Bazball' entails
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Iran's ancient 'wind catchers' beat the heat naturally
The wind catchers, called badgirs in Persian, are just one of the engineering marvels inhabitants have developed in this ancient city of Yazd in central Iran
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Amazon community fights carbon credit project
The Paris Agreement that emerged from COP21 in 2015 widened a system of exchange of carbon credits—something the oil and gas industry had been demanding for years
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Stripped to the bone: Eye-catching photos of the week
The world never ceases to befuddle us. These photos—skin that clothes us, actions that bare us—resonate beyond their description for a leisurely flip or a deep read this week
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Working after-hours might not be as productive as you think: Slack survey
Around 40 percent of office workers say they regularly work overtime. The survey found that most people who work outside their office hours (54 percent) don't do so by choice but rather feel obliged to do so
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New York's Met museum takes a feminist look at global fashion
Through the 80 pieces by 70 creators, the 'Women Dressing Women' exhibition also looks at the art of womenswear from the 20th Century up to the modern day, as well as the environmental advocacy of designers like Gabriela Hearst and Hillary Taymour
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AI and A-listers: Sundance Film Festival line-up unveiled
Among the line-up for Utah's influential indie movie fest are a "generative" music film that plays differently on each viewing, two documentaries about loved ones using AI to communicate after death, and an interactive "digital griot" that will teach audiences how to vogue
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Are COPs useful? A defence from five participants
Here, five participants at this year's COP28 defend the meetings, insisting that without them, the planet would be in much worse shape
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A joyous swirl: UNESCO tags Gujarat's Garba an intangible cultural heritage
UNESCO just approved including Gujarat's most popular folk dance form as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity. A ritualistic and devotional dance performed on the occasion of Navaratri to celebrate and worship the feminine form of Divinity, Garba fosters social equality, including diverse and marginalised communities, thus strengthening social bonds. Here is a celebration of the joyous, colourful swirl in photos