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Emerging markets will dominate the top five largest economies: 2020
World’s largest economies in 2020: Euromonitor International’s forecast In 2020, emerging markets will dominate the top five largest economies (China, USA, India, Japan and Russia), acording to Euromonitor International‘s analyst insight “Forecast: WORLD’S LARGEST ECONOMIES IN 2020”. The most symbolic shift will be when China overtakes the USA as the largest economy globally, say the authors of the…
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4 km of supercars on the Lamborghini Grande Giro
Lamborghini celebrates its 50th anniversary with the largest gathering ever of cars from the “House of the Raging Bull” – a convoy of some 4 km long and 190,000 hp on the road. Lamborghini Grand Tour began from the Sforza Castle in Milan and ends on Saturday at the Lamborghini’s headquarters near Bologna, where a…
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The planet’s best sommelier. 14th Contest of the Best Sommelier of the World
Best sommeliers of the world with contestants from from 54 countries compete in Japan for world’s best title won last in 2010 by Britain’s Gerard Basset, when the contest was held in Chile. The wine waiters contest, is being held for the 14th time. The Association de la Sommellerie Internationale (A.S.I.) established in 1969 hold…
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Vancouver gets WWF 2013 Global Earth Hour Capital award
First ever Global Earth Hour Capital: Vancouver was crowned Earth Hour capital by World Wildlife Fund WWF’s Earth Hour City Challenge (EHCC) has recognised the City of Vancouver, Canada, for its innovative actions on climate change and dedication to create a sustainable, pleasant urban environment for current and future residents. After reviewing the merits of the six…
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The culture of recycling: Who recycles more in Europe
Recycling can reduce greenhouse gases and save valuable resources. This is because recycled materials replace virgin materials. Europe is successfully moving up the ‘waste management hierarchy’, albeit more slowly than required by legislation, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) which looks at the management of municipal solid waste in 27…
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“The world once again had a chance to take action to safeguard polar bear populations and failed”
Only 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears remain in the wild, living in Canada, Greenland, Norway, Russia and the United States. Leading polar bear scientists believe that two-thirds of the world’s polar bear populations will be lost by the year 2050. More than 400 polar bears are needlessly exploited, hunted and killed annually to supply the…