John Bird has been appointed as a crossbencher to the House of Lords, and will work for "social opportunity and social justice" The Big Issue is delighted to announce that its founder, John Bird, has been appointed to the House of Lords as an...

The billionaire said he expects there to be an increase in demand for tech companies addressing sustainability issues.

Via a first of a kind collaboration, IBM and Visa are bringing the point of sale everywhere by allowing businesses to quickly introduce secure payment experi...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all around us. Countless applications are deploying techniques such as Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing to im...

In its annual risk review, the World Economic Forum ranked climate change among its most likely and impactful risks in 2017.

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Sea levels are rising. For many cities on the the eastern shores of the United States, the problem is existential. We take a look at how Miami and Atlantic City are tackling climate change, and the challenges they face under a skeptical Trump...

The environment the Philadelphia 76ers created offered more opportunity for "bad" NBA players. That same environment turned those players into go...

When was the last time you saw a sparrow roaming in your garden, chirruping around the small house you hanged for it to build its nest and make your home a lively place

The welfare organisation Paritätische Wohlfahrtsverband presented its latest report on poverty in Germany at the beginning of March. According to this study, poverty in Germany reached a new record high in 2015, at 15.7 percent, with 12.9 million...