Author: LMD International

There are endless things to consider when moving to another country. What is the culture like? How easy is it to find work? How are the transport links? How happy are the locals? And for families hoping to move abroad, there are even more questions – think safety, healthcare, or education systems, for example. Condé Nast Traveller – 11 March 2025 Remitly, an American remittance company helping users send money worldwide, has launched a new immigration index designed to help inform those considering relocating. The report, released in March 2025, ranks 82 countries across 24 factors, from healthcare quality and…

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The Oscars fever will grip the world on Monday (India time), March 3, as the 97th Academy Awards is set to take place in Hollywood, California, United States. Cinephiles around the world are eager to watch the live event, as Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner Anora, Edward Berger’s Vatican thriller Conclave, and Brady Corbet’s post-war epic The Brutalist, among other titles, are set to battle it out in under 23 categories.

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A newly developed dataset shows how the pandemic’s aftermath ushered in the worst housing affordability crisis in more than a decade The pandemic and subsequent return of inflation set off the world’s worst housing affordability crisis in more than a decade. It spilled across some of the largest advanced economies and contributed to widespread anger and resentment about economic conditions. Affordability fell in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Germany, Portugal, and Switzerland. On average across countries, housing is less affordable today than during the house price bubble that preceded the global financial crisis of 2007–08, according to…

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