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September 2018 crude steel production

World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 151.7 million tonnes (Mt) in September 2018, a 4.4% increase compared to September 2017. World crude steel production was 1,347.0 Mt in the first nine months of 2018, up by 4.7% compared to the same period in 2017. Asia …

Subodh Gupta Edited by Camille Morineau and Mathilde de Croix Texts by Germano Celant, Nicolas Bourriaud, Bhrigupati Singh

A monograph accompanying the first retrospective of the artist in France Characterized by the use of found objects and utensils from daily life, Subodh Gupta’s work touches on universal themes: the opposition between the rural and the urban, between craftsmanship and industrialization, between one-of-a-kind and mass-produced, between personal and monumental scale. Subodh Gupta offers in-depth …

The Future of Mobility is Green: FlixBus Launches 100% Electric Long-Distance Bus in Germany after pilot project in France

    ++        First all-electric, long-distance bus in Germany between Frankfurt and Mannheim ++        Cooperation with Greenpeace Energy and atmosfair: 100% clean electricity ++        FlixMobility paving the road to the future of mobility for long-distance travel ++        Multi-modal connections in France and Germany for wider sustainable mobility network MUNICH (October 24, 2018) – Europe’s largest …

Publicis.Sapient launches campaign with The Humsafar Trust to drive awareness about Trans people in India

Gurgaon, October 25, 2018: Publicis.Sapient, the digital business transformation hub of Publicis Groupe, today launched a short film, #PeopleNotLabels, in partnership with The Humsafar Trust, India’s oldest LGBTQ organization. The film aims at building awareness of the constant obstacles encountered by trans people in Indian society. Set in the city of Bengaluru, the film gives …

IIM Bangalore Expands Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women in India

Bengaluru, India, October 24, 2018 – The NSRCEL at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), which focuses on developing entrepreneurship throughout the country, announced today that it has become an academic partner of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women in India and will expand this proven program to reach more women entrepreneurs. 10,000 Women is a …

African Development Bank launches landmark US$500 million credit insurance deal with African Trade Insurance Agency and UK reinsurers

  RESPONDS TO G20 ACTION PLAN FOR MDB BALANCE SHEET OPTIMIZATION CREATES ADDITIONAL HEADROOM THAT WILL BE CHANELLED TO SUPPORT FURTHER DEVELOPMENT ACROSS AFRICA SUPPORTED BY INSURANCE BROKER – RFIB GROUP LTD AND LEADING UK REINSURERS LONDON, United Kingdom, 22 October 2018 — The African Development Bank (AfDB) and African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) announce …

The crumbling architecture of arms control

At a political rally on Saturday, 20 October, US President Donald J. Trump announced that the United States will withdraw from the 1987 Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF Treaty). This confirms what has steadily been unfolding over the past couple of years: the architecture of Russian–US nuclear arms control is …