The climate crisis cause
As we struggle to find common international cause to address climate change, you might not immediately think of reaching for a philosopher’s book – How to think about the climate …
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Tech industry braces for skyrocketing rare earth prices
TAIPEI — Electronic hardware manufacturers are sweating as prices for rare-earth metals surge amid soaring demand and simmering tensions between the U.S. and China, the world’s most important source of …
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UAE to invest $14 bln in UK industries, sovereign wealth fund saysv
DUBAI, Sept 16 (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates plans to invest 10 billion pounds ($13.8 billion) in Britain over the next five years, building on the two country’s long-running …
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Asian economies hardest hit as Delta variant weighs on global growth
Global growth is slowing, the latest economic data for August has shown. The extent of the slowdown – and in some regions a contraction – depends on how governments have …
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Shipping, supply chain crunch could drag into 2022 as world economy awaits Delta variant shock
A supply chain crunch that was meant to be temporary now looks like lasting well into next year as the surging Delta variant upends factory production in Asia and disrupts …
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Taliban stop imports, exports from India through Pakistan’s transit routes
“We keep a close watch on developments in Afghanistan. Imports from there come through the transit route of Pakistan. As of now, Taliban has stopped movement of cargo to Pakistan, …
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India’s Female Labour Participation Rate Falls to 16.1% As Pandemic Hits Job Sector
Female labour participation rate in India fell to 16.1% during the July-September 2020 quarter, the lowest among the major economies, a government report said, reflecting the impact of pandemic and a widening job crisis. The percentage of women …
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Why Sri Lanka’s economy is in crisis
Colombo avoids a debt default, but it’s fast running out of money to pay for imports. Will the IMF provide a bailout? Sri Lanka’s finances are in a precarious state, …
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Coal Mining and Indigenous Communities in India
Anti-mining protests by Adivasis, India’s indigenous communities, have in recent years drawn considerable attention. In many places across India’s mining tracts, Adivasis have been battling to protect their homes and local …
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Slowing economic recovery in China is a warning sign
China’s V-shaped economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic is slowing, sending a warning to the rest of world about how durable their own recoveries will prove to be. The changing …
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