Spotify is splashing out millions of dollars as it tries to move beyond music into the growing podcast market. The music streaming service has bought Gimlet Media, behind a string of popular podcasts including Reply All, and podcast publishing platform Anchor. The Swedish firm has also pledged to spend $400-$500m (£308m) this year on further […]

Thousands of passengers have been left stranded after air regulators grounded Turkmenistan Airlines for safety reasons. The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority said flights from Birmingham and London’s Heathrow to Amritsar, and Heathrow to New Delhi – which fly via Ashgabat, Turkmenistan – had been suspended. The CAA acted after the European Aviation Safety Agency suspended […]

The US economy added a stronger-than-expected 304,000 jobs in January, official figures have shown. The figure was far in excess of economists’ forecasts of 165,000. However, December’s jobs growth figure was revised to 222,000, down from an initial estimate of 312,000. Last month saw jobs being added in leisure and hospitality, construction, health care, transportation […]

Climate change is bad news for coral reefs around the world, with high ocean temperatures causing widespread bleaching events that weaken and kill corals. However, new research from The University of Texas at Austin has found that corals with a solitary streak — preferring to live alone instead of in reef communities — could fare […]

Nearly four years ago in the forests of California’s rugged northeast corner, two black and brown wolves had a litter of five pups in the shadow of Mount Shasta. They became known as the Shasta Pack – the first known gray wolves to have offspring on California soil in nearly a century. The pups, shown […]

Shuttered in 2011 after sustaining heavy damage from a tsunami, Kona Village Resort on the Big Island of Hawaii will reopen under Rosewood Hotels and Resorts. Located on the Kona Coast, the iconic Hawaiian retreat was best known for its free-standing, palm thatch roof hales. The 81-acre property was first developed in the early 1906s […]

Ala Moana Center will hold a two-month celebration as it commemorates the shopping mall’s 60th anniversary. The 60-day celebration kicks off in July. Festivities include anniversary-themed events, special offers, gift with purchase promotions and 60th anniversary products. Ala Moana first opened its doors on Aug. 13, 1959. “As we commemorate this significant milestone, we’d like […]

Plastic is an ever-growing problem on the environment. Humans have produced 9.1 billion tonnes of plastic since 1950 when mass production started. That is enough to cover Hyde Park in a layer of waste 216km (about 134miles) deep.  Or, to put it another way, that’s the weight of 1.2 billion African Elephants or 90,000 Eiffel […]

The Princess made efforts to eliminate waste at her wedding With so many things to consider while wedding planning, the environmental impact of your choices may not even enter your mind. But let’s face it, as wonderful as weddings are, they can be incredibly wasteful affairs when you factor in the amount of food waste, […]

Creating worldwide change isn’t done with just one person; it has to involve everyone. In order to involve more people in the efforts to help the environment, it’s important to get younger generations involved in the effort. By fostering a concern for the environment and sustainable habits early, parents can raise children who will be […]