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64 years on, quest for regional maritime hub still a dream

As Nigeria celebrates its 64th Independence anniversary, the maritime sector is yet to achieve the status of a maritime hub for West and Central Africa, despite controlling approximately 70 per cent of the region’s cargo traffic, ADAKU ONYENUCHEYA reports. In sixty-four years of independence, Nigeria’s maritime industry remains a critical but underutilised sector, and far […]

My American Dream is in Mexico: Rocio

For a long time, I’ve been searching for a very specific place to call home.  I’ve lived in rural Mexico, Chicago, Italy and South Korea. Having been exposed to cultures from across the world, I formed a very clear idea of the city I wanted to live in.  Desperately seeking: City, must be large, vibrant, […]

Tesla’s $30K Cybercab: Autonomous Future or Far-Fetched Dream?

Another day, another Tesla moonshot. Elon Musk debuted the Tesla Cybercab robotaxi on Thursday night in a perfectly Musk-ian way, complete with robot bartenders and an overambitious price ($30,000) with the promise to have the car in production “before 2027.” What’s the Cybercab? Why, it’s the fully autonomous taxicab that Musk has been promising since […]

The American Dream in Action: 3 Corporate Success Stories — History is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books | Modern International and American history

Although America’s history is rife with rags-to-riches stories, American Industrialist Andrew Carnegie is probably the best embodiment of the American Dream. Carnegie first worked for pennies a day only to eventually become one of the richest men in history with a net worth of around $309 billion in today’s money. Additionally, other historic figures like Harland Sanders and Biddy […]

From Slow House to Blue Dream

Blue Dream is a house designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro for Julia “Julie” Reyes Taubman and her husband Robert “Bobby” Taubman. The house, located in East Hampton, on the South Fork of Long Island, was completed in 2017, nearly 30 years after the architects were commissioned to design their first house on Long Island, the Slow […]