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While migrants and refugees drown in the Mediterranean, 630,000 more remain stranded in wartorn Libya. How should Libya deal with this tragedy on its shores.

Bilbao: Business City - a look at how new talent is incubated.

How Spain's tourism industry has been impacted by COVID-19.

Patient Innovation platform showcases extraordinary technology as well as simple solutions from patients incentivised to heal themselves.

Catalan Oscar Camps who with foundation Proactiva Open Arms has battled waves, ignorance and politics in the high seas to rescue migrants and refugees from drowning.

Recruitment tools

Last time Spain had 30 million visitors it was the mid Seventies, the early days of charter flights with a devalued peseta that made everything cheap as chips. ‘Spain is different’ was the tagline and, in the bold new playgrounds on the southern coasts, it really was – though the secret to their success was persuading British holidaymakers they weren’t really that different at all.

Making cities smarter than even the people who live in them.

Fifty years ago a manager knew when his team clocked on and off. Now employers are using hidden cameras, GPS and RFID tags, keystroke logging and emergent technology to monitor productivity, phone calls, emails, online browsing, instant messaging, blogging, where you go for lunch and what you eat. Well, possibly not what you eat. Yet.

The Law: Or rather the laws. Illustration: Medium.com

Half of Spain has advanced to phase one of a four-phase plan to ease lockdown restrictions by July. Hoteliers can open their properties – though none of the common areas – and bars and restaurants can open a limited amount of outdoor seating. Although Madrid, Málaga, Granada, Barcelona and parts of Valencia are among the provinces and municipalities not yet cleared to advance.

Tourism is Spain’s third largest contributor to the economy, making up 12.3% of its GDP, and there is pressure to get...

Minimalism.

USA, Spain, Costa Rica including iPhone footage.

Seville city guide: what to do plus the best hotels...

Young and upwardly mobile, Malaysia's capital is a Southeast Asian powerhouse with big ambitions for the 21st century.
The lowdown
Kuala Lumpur is a vibrant manifestation of Malaysia's recent growth, its glassy skyscrapers rising up all around, with more on the way. As a city with a stable economy, a lower cost of living than neighbouring Singapore, good business infrastructure and a welcoming twinkle, KL is attracting blue chip investors from both east (and Middle East) and west. And its lar...