Hyundai’s new Genesis brand to deliver ‘human-centered’ luxury

Hyundai Motor has announced an all-new global luxury brand – Genesis – that will deliver ‘human-centered’ luxury through a range of new models. The name ‘Genesis‘, which also means new beginnings, hints at the new values and standards that the brand will bring to the global luxury car market. Initially on sale in the Korean, … Read more

How humans are driving the sixth mass extinction

Scientists have been warning for decades that human actions are pushing life on our shared planet toward mass extinction. Such extinction events have occurred five times in the past, but a bold new paper finds that this time would be fundamentally different. Fortunately, there’s still time to stop it.

‘It’s an insult’: Chinese property developers race to the top of London’s skyline

Giant luxury towers (with their own karaoke rooms) to spring up around the city as eastern investors look to Britain. But residents fear deals will force them out

Swiss couple Iwan and Manuela Wirth top art power list

Wirths praised for changing model of how art is bought and sold, while Ai Weiwei ranks second and Nicholas Serota falls to fifth

Marine food chains at risk of collapse, extensive study of world’s oceans finds

Important ecosystems could be massively damaged by 2050 unless greenhouse gas emissions and localised pollution is drastically reduced, researchers say

Green news roundup: coral die-off, wildlife in Chernobyl and Africa’s largest windfarm

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