Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Founded on August 6, 1868 as the “Scuola Superiore di Commercio” (Advanced School for Commerce), Ca’ Foscari was the first Italian institution to deal with advanced education in Business and Economics. The original main office is still found in the grand gothic palace “volta de canal” (on the bend of the Grand Canal), in the heart of Venice.

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O Vidigal é uma favela junto a um dos bairros mais caros do Rio de Janeiro, mas seus moradores sofrem muito mais com o calor do que seus vizinhos, com seus telhados de metal, sem áreas verdes e falta de infraestrutura. SIALABE/Shutterstock

O que é a “pobreza de refrigeração”, que torna o calor extremo mais perigoso para milhões de pessoas

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Le Cambodge a procédé à l’évacuation de milliers de travailleurs des scam factories, comme ici pour le complexe K99, le 24 janvier 2026. Roun Ry

Escroqueries en ligne : au Cambodge, des victimes torturées dans des « usines à arnaques » se retrouvent sans protection

Après avoir fui des scam factories où régnaient violences et exploitation, des centaines d’étrangers se retrouvent aujourd’hui sans abri au Cambodge, livrés à eux-mêmes et sans perspective de retour.
Indonesians freed from scam centres wait outside the Indonesian embassy in Phnom Penh for help returning home. Magdalena Chodownik/Anadolu via Getty Images

They escaped appalling conditions in scam factories. Now, they are living on the streets in Cambodia

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Without home cooling, Phoenix’s weeks with temperatures over 110 F in July 2023 became dangerous. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Extreme heat is particularly hard on older adults – an aging population and climate change put ever more people at risk

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Could video streaming be as bad for the climate as driving a car? Calculating Internet’s hidden carbon footprint

The energy consumption of Internet use has multiplied by a thousand-fold in 20 years. So how can we better visualise our energy ‘spending’ and reduce carbon emissions?

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