US rail strike 2022: What would be affected if it happens?
The workers who would go on strike work for freight rail companies, such as Berkshire Hathaway's BNSF and Union Pacific. They carry about 40% of the country's freight each year - vital goods including shipments of grain and other crops; chemicals such as fertiliser; three-quarters of new cars; roughly 70% of the country's coal and 30% of packaged food; as well as thousands of other products destined for store shelves. If workers walk out, that would knock roughly 7,000 freight ...
US rail strike 2022: What would be affected if it happens?
The workers who would go on strike work for freight rail companies, such as Berkshire Hathaway's BNSF and Union Pacific. They carry about 40% of the country's freight each year - vital goods including shipments of grain and other crops; chemicals such as fertiliser; three-quarters of new cars; roughly 70% of the country's coal and 30% of packaged food; as well as thousands of other products destined for store shelves. If workers walk out, that would knock roughly 7,000 freight ...
I don't want to worry about being killed
The focus is on human rights in Qatar as it prepares to host football's World Cup, starting on Sunday. Two people tell us how the country's strict religious laws and customs have affected their lives. Aziz moves around nervously as we chat online. He wanted to speak out, but it is clear this is taking a huge amount of courage, and he remains solemn throughout our conversation. "I would like my existence not to be illegal in my country," he says, in a low voice from Qatar's capi...
I don't want to worry about being killed
The focus is on human rights in Qatar as it prepares to host football's World Cup, starting on Sunday. Two people tell us how the country's strict religious laws and customs have affected their lives. Aziz moves around nervously as we chat online. He wanted to speak out, but it is clear this is taking a huge amount of courage, and he remains solemn throughout our conversation. "I would like my existence not to be illegal in my country," he says, in a low voice from Qatar's capi...
Cucuteni-Trypillia: Eastern Europe's lost civilisation
"You know there is a book by Jules Verne called the Mysterious Island, where people find themselves on an island and begin to build a civilisation?" asked Mykhailo Videiko, an archaeologist at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University in Ukraine. "But here it is not a fictional story," he paused. "This is a real story." Silenced twice, once by time and again by politics, the ancient civilisation of Cucuteni-Trypillia is once again finding voices to share its story. The story of Trypillia, as it is com...
Cucuteni-Trypillia: Eastern Europe's lost civilisation
"You know there is a book by Jules Verne called the Mysterious Island, where people find themselves on an island and begin to build a civilisation?" asked Mykhailo Videiko, an archaeologist at Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University in Ukraine. "But here it is not a fictional story," he paused. "This is a real story." Silenced twice, once by time and again by politics, the ancient civilisation of Cucuteni-Trypillia is once again finding voices to share its story. The story of Trypillia, as it is com...
Champions League: The 30 years of change shaping Europe's biggest prize
It is easy to forget where the Champions League came from. Three decades ago Uefa sometimes didn't know what day games would be played until 48 hours before kick-off. In the first Champions League season, some of the players were still part-time. The 1992-93 inaugural edition started with two knockout rounds between September and November. Leeds and Stuttgart ended up playing a neutral venue decider for their first-round tie, in front of 90,000 empty seats at Barcelona's Nou Camp - ...
Champions League: The 30 years of change shaping Europe's biggest prize
It is easy to forget where the Champions League came from. Three decades ago Uefa sometimes didn't know what day games would be played until 48 hours before kick-off. In the first Champions League season, some of the players were still part-time. The 1992-93 inaugural edition started with two knockout rounds between September and November. Leeds and Stuttgart ended up playing a neutral venue decider for their first-round tie, in front of 90,000 empty seats at Barcelona's Nou Camp - ...
