Universal management practices can help increase a company’s productivity, just as technology can do. Image: Shutterstock What’s the best way to run a company? The question has bedeviled economists as long as companies have existed. How, after all, do you measure something as soft as management style across the range of different types and sizes … Read more
Other An area of farmland in County Louth is being examined for the remains of Captain Robert Nairac, who was abducted and murdered by the IRA while working undercover. It is the first search for his remains since he was shot and secretly buried in May 1977. The search has been organised by the Independent … Read more
Drone footage shows firefighters tackling Dagenham blaze A resident who fled a burning tower block in east London has told the BBC he fears he and his family have lost everything. Tariq Ziad, 17, has described seeing smoke quickly fill his fourth floor flat in Dagenham as flames engulfed the building in the early hours … Read more
BBC Cassyette: “Darkness is woven through my music” When your music goes to the darkest of places, people respond. And Cassyette isn’t afraid of the shadows. Over the last four years, the Brighton-based musician has dealt with life-changing problems. Her father died unexpectedly in 2020, triggering a period of substance and alcohol abuse that amplified … Read more
A deluge of bizarre computer-generated images swept Elon Musk’s social platform X last week — including violent, offensive and sexually suggestive content. In one, Trump piloted a helicopter as the World Trade Center buildings burned in the background. In others, Kamala Harris wore a bikini, and Donald Duck used heroin. Amidst the online furor, … Read more
But it’s far from trivial. The fact is that India’s civil service elite is a relic of the past and a drag on its future | Image: Shutterstock 4 min read Last Updated : Aug 27 2024 | 9:45 AM IST By Mihir Sharma An old joke in Indian policy circles is … Read more
Many papers lead with tributes to former England men’s football manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, who has died at the age of 76. “Don’t be sorry, smile…it’s been fantastic” reads the main headline of the Metro, a reference to a comment he made in a new documentary about his life and career. Eriksson revealed in January that … Read more
Reuters The United Nations says it has had to temporarily suspend its aid operation in the Gaza Strip because of Israeli military evacuation orders in the centre of the Palestinian territory. A senior UN official told reporters that its humanitarian staff had been unable to operate on Monday because of safety concerns. Evacuation orders covering … Read more
EPA Up to 1.9 million people in Gaza – 90% of the Strip’s population – are internally displaced, according to the UN “Burn Gaza now, nothing less!” When the deputy speaker of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, posted this comment on X in November, the platform blocked him and asked him to delete it. Nissim Vaturi … Read more
Getty Images The Pacific islands are in grave danger from rising sea levels The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has said that big polluters have a clear responsibility to cut emissions – or risk a worldwide catastrophe. “The Pacific is today the most vulnerable area of the world,” he told the BBC at the Pacific … Read more