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Mauritania's iron ore train and repair revival: Global Us

June 24, 2024

India's plan to stop e-waste, China's highly educated Gen Z desperately seeking jobs and on the track of Mauritania's desert express — the country's only train, crossing the Sahara.

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Global Us — What connects us all

There are eight billion people on Earth and we are better connected than ever before. How can we make use of that? Global 3000 is now Global Us - because now, more than ever, we need to act together.

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