The record global heat brought by this year's powerful El Niño could lead to nearly half a million more deaths worldwide by the end of February, according to a report that also highlights the impact of climate change on extreme heat.

The diamond industry is increasingly being shaped by AI, according to Al Cook, CEO of De Beers Group. But it’s not the AI you’re thinking of. “For us, AI stands for ‘authentic individuality’,” he told Style at the Jewellery & Gem World Hong Kong trade show earlier this month. “More and more people want purchases that are as individual as they are – something that’s rare and something you can trace back to where it’s from. You can trust that it’s genuine and is going to hold its value.” This is...

US student reflects on the power of people-to-people exchange

When the CEO of a small logging company in the U.S. state of Virginia decided to visit China to see his buyer's operation first-hand, he was amazed, not just by the woodworking factory, but China itself.

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Singaporean architect Chang Yong Ter and his client go back to their army days in the late 1980s, when both attended officer cadet school. They lost touch afterwards, reconnecting only decades later when Chang’s work appeared in a magazine, and his old friend recognised the name. By then, the client had already set his sights on a plot: a corner site in Bukit Timah, one of the island’s toniest neighbourhoods. “I thought the plot had potential,” the client says. “It was squarish and elevated with...

Presley Gerber, the son of supermodel Cindy Crawford and businessman Rande Gerber, reportedly died of a suspected overdose at a rehabilitation facility on Sunday. He was 27. His family, including younger sister and model Kaia Gerber, have asked for “privacy during this very difficult and painful time”, TMZ reported. Lexi Wood, Gerber’s ex-girlfriend, took to Instagram two days after his passing to pay a heartfelt tribute, accompanied by a carousel of photos of her and Gerber. “It’s hard to put...

An embattled for-profit plasma centre in Winnipeg is now officially suspended from collecting the blood component, after Health Canada cited concerns about its "quality management" in the wake of a donor's death last year.

With Dubai on the decline, British expats may be seeking new shores to find a better quality of life. Could the Greek capital be the answer?

One of the world’s most remote inhabited islands is stepping confidently onto the international tourism stage, with St Helena increasingly positioning its extraordinary landscapes, wildlife, history and sense of isolation as compelling reasons for travellers to venture deep into the South Atlantic.