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...Worldwide, more than a third of adults smoked in 2000; as of 2020, it was less than a quarter....
...Content was king, billions of dollars rolled in and, according to data from the Motion Pictures Association, in 2020 more than a billion people worldwide subscribed to a streaming service....
...“There are lots of headwinds to increasing production worldwide,” Occidental Petroleum chief executive Vicki Hollub told analysts last week....
...Governments worldwide are spending at least $1.8tn a year on subsidies in support of heavily polluting industries led by coal, oil, gas and agriculture, according to new research, despite their commitment...
...First recorded in a global database of viral genomes in early October, B.1.617 has circulated in India since and spread internationally....
...The variant, known as B.1.1.7, has a high number of mutations, which has led to concerns that could bypass the immune defences built up by vaccines being rolled out worldwide, a large proportion of which...
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on March 24 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc....
...How ESPN evolves will have big implications for how elite sports are funded worldwide....
...Saudi Arabia has boosted its oil output by more than 20 per cent in the past month and says it is now producing above 12m b/d. Russian output is more than 11m b/d....
...Its most recent instalment, co-created with Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton and American R&B singer Gabriella Wilson, aka H.E.R., was released at London Fashion Week earlier this month....
...But its lunch may now be eaten by another “B” — ByteDance (see Heard by Henny), the owner of short-form video site TikTok....
...According to Japan’s Fermata Inc, which provides services to femtech start-ups, there were 318 companies focused on women’s health worldwide in March 2020, up from 221 in 2019 and 50 in 2017....
...Additional reporting by Zach Coleman A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on February 7 2020. @2020 Nikkei Inc....
...Meanwhile discount chain B&M bucked the trend among bricks-and-mortar retailers as it posted sharp increase in revenues on the back of store openings....
...Nevertheless, the incident highlights the safety challenges that Uber faces as the company grows — it has more than 2m drivers worldwide and operates within a diverse patchwork of regulatory and background...
...“The worldwide market for art is not perfect, but I would definitely characterise it as starting to show signs of strengthening,” he added....
...The world’s largest cruise terminal operator is reaping the benefits of the growing popularity of this form of holiday with tourists worldwide....
...Above it in the Chwasts’ apartment hung Dunand’s lacquer and eggshell portrait of the chic Madame Agnès, the society milliner, who was his muse, collaborator and patron (€100,000–€150,000)....
...Uber no longer wants just to deliver you or your dinner from point A to point B....
...b) Nothing in these Award Terms grants you any rights to or interest in any intellectual property rights of the Organisers....
...(Bloomberg) Tech tools you can use – Oral B Genius 9000 Lucy Kellaway has been trying the smartest of all smart toothbrushes, the new Oral B Genius 9000....
...A friend suggested that as well as generating extra cash, running your own micro B&B business could add purpose and joy to your retirement....
...On Thursday a US judge ordered VW’s lawyers to negotiate a “plan B” in case 85,000 3-litre cars in the US could not be brought up to environmental standards....
...Live Nation operates around 70 festivals worldwide....
...Now comes exhibit B: Anbang Insurance Group....
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