Author Archives: Nilesh Nettipola

Sunshine has given way to wind and rain, as the motorboat chugs through a fjord in the Faroe Islands. “Its a bit windy here,” says Olavur Gregarsen. “We’ll see how far we can get to the harvesting boat.” We soon reach a sheltered spot where steep mountains are looking down on hundreds of buoys bobbingContinue reading “Seaweed: The food and fuel of the future?”

The US unemployment rate fell sharply in August, as some firms began to hire new staff again and temporary hiring for the US census boosted job numbers. Firms added 1.4 million new jobs and unemployment fell below 10% for the first time since the pandemic began. It is the fourth month in a row thatContinue reading “US unemployment rate falls below 10% as firms rehire staff”

The former head of the World Bank has warned the world could look like it did in 1900 if countries don’t work together to tackle the current crisis. Robert Zoellick pointed to the rift between the US and China as a serious threat to the global economic recovery. Mr Zoellick, one of America’s most seniorContinue reading “Ex-World Bank head Robert Zoellick: ‘The world could look like 1900 again’”