AI toys and your children, the rise of Muslim working women and other top stories of the week

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on leaving the office to report, film or take pictures in Tehran.A female taxi driver is seen fetching a passenger in Tehran August 21, 2011. About 500 female drivers make up the Women's Taxi company which serves only female passengers. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi (IRAN - Tags: SOCIETY TRANSPORT) - GM1E78L1TW901

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Adrian Monck

Hong Kong’s solution to the housing crisis: concrete water pipes.

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AI and your children. What parents should know about AI toys.

Economics trumps culture. The incredible rise of working Muslim women.

Escaping the valley of death. 6 ideas to accelerate sustainable energy.

Drugs cost too much. There are better ways to fund medical innovation.

Existing renewable energy sources have limits. Hydrogen could pass them.

The appalling data on older women at work. Their absence hurts us all.

Banned in 1987 to save the ozone. But production is surging again.

Oversized or average? A new analysis of China’s digital economy.

Disease X is coming. The next pandemic.

Reconstructing the tree of life to primordial times. One gene at a time.

Europe must keep trying to work with Trump. An interview with Forum president Børge Brende. (CNBC)

Closing gender gap could boost Philippine economy by $40 billion. Cites Global Gender Gap Report. (Bloomberg)

Data sharing & facial recognition to boost border security. Coverage of Forum research. (Independent.ie)

Is cultural knowledge more important than language skills? Cites Global Shapers Annual Survey (BBC)

Rwanda partners with football club Arsenal. References Global Competitiveness Report. (CNBC Africa)

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