#Wildlife, sunshine and nature. Follow Nikolaj Coster-Waldau’s adventure in #Kenya’s #Maasai Mara National Reserve on An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet. #climate #got
Going #undercover on private jets, in Michelin-starred restaurants and #luxury resorts - sounds pretty cool right? Watch columnist Brandon Presser go undercover to find out what it takes to serve the uber #wealthy — Tap the link in our bio for more. #money
Paying $34,000 for a winter #coat may seem outrageous, but the hair of wild #camelids in the Andes mountains of #Peru can fetch such prices. #Fashion house Loro Piana sells a sweater for $9,000 with #vicuna hair collected by members of the indigenous Lucanas community. But despite their contribution, the community receives less than $300. As the top global buyer of vicuna fiber, #LVMH owned Loro Piana's secretive supply chain highlights the use of cheap labor among Peru's least fortunate to make some of the most expensive clothing in the world. Tap the link in our bio for more. #clothes #luxury #brands
#ASML is behind what’s arguably the most important #technology in the world right now: extreme ultraviolet lithography machines. Without these $200 million EUV #machines and the #semiconductors they make, there’d be no #artificialintelligence revolution and the global #economy would begin to slow. While the machines made in the Netherlands are sold mostly to companies in Taiwan and South Korea, #TSMC and #Samsung, #Intel was very late to the game. The #US #government meanwhile under both Donald #Trump and Joe #Biden has been scrambling to ensure none of the machines are sold to #China — #tech #geopolitics
#Canada's #population growth rate has been increasing at a sizzling pace for years, largely thanks to international students and workers. Strains on its well-regarded social safety net are showing that it might not be able to keep this up for long. Tap the link in our bio to learn more. #worldnews #politics #immigration