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These photos show how a warmer climate is damaging Earth’s waters
In her new book, Entropy, photographer Diane Tuft explores the damage that a warmer climate will have on bodies of water.…
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Drought-hit Panama Canal to ease traffic restrictions
PANAMA CITY — The number of ships allowed through the drought-hit Panama Canal each day will be increased thanks to…
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What West Asia now implies for the global economy, markets
They are not well-placed to navigate further escalations that would involve more parties in a more significant manner. Mohamed A.…
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The Specter of Deep-Sea Mining
With no public debate and scant publicity, deep-sea mining has gotten quietly underway in recent years. Eileen Crist CounterPunch Exploratory…
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The Struggle for Currency Supremacy
What really matters is the mix of possible alternatives that today’s evolving financial landscape will offer to governments pursuing a…
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Economics Is Irredeemably Sexist
No sensible woman recognizes herself in Homo economicus, who always gets what he likes and likes what he gets. Yanis…
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What are the UK’s ‘fiscal rules’ and why is the OBR under attack?
It has been described as a millstone around the chancellor’s neck and the reason Conservative MPs could be disappointed by Jeremy Hunt’s…
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Britain is in a rut. Here are five ways to fix the economy
The UK economy needs a lift after it sank into recession in the second half of 2023. Phillip Inman The Guardian It’s…
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Financial sanctions: banks’ reactions depend on their location, research reveals
However, our latest research shows that even universally adopted sanctions can throw a spanner into the works of the global financial…
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What can the EU learn from Asia about AI regulations?
Could it set the standard for more competitive practices in other places, such as the European Union? David Hutt Deutsche…
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Should income tax information be public?
Or perhaps you read the New York Times’s revelatory articles about the taxes of former President Trump, who broke presidential tradition…
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You Probably Didn’t Realize These Popular Companies Also Make Military Hardware
The United States defense market alone is estimated at 617.29 billion, while the global defense market size is expected to…
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‘Dark money’: $57m of donations to major Australian parties in 2022-23 of unknown origin
Analysis of AEC’s annual political returns show one quarter of major parties’ funding comes from unnamed sources Nick Evershed and Sarah Basford…
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China: Carmakers Implicated in Uyghur Forced Labor
(New York) – Global carmakers, including General Motors, Tesla, BYD, Toyota, and Volkswagen, are failing to minimize the risk of…
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Global water scarcity is putting Australian ‘aquapreneurs’ on the map
A new breed of Australian startups are working to change that Kate Burgess Capital Brief As the driest inhabited continent…
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Energy transition: Charting a fair course for fishing fleets
The fishing industry, reliant on fossil fuels and vulnerable to climate change, needs to shift to alternative energy – but…
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