As real as it gets
Climate change: Bangladesh is where it is at. Rohini Kamal shows the way. Debates on climate change are often dominated by heated commentary from the West on its impending peril …
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After record floods, now Pakistan has to worry about economy
Islamabad, Pakistan – Tanveer Aziz Kingrani was planning to spend August preparing for his term examinations at the University of Sindh. Instead, the 23-year-old aspiring physicist has been camping out in …
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India’s status as world’s fastest growing major economy to be short-lived
BENGALURU, Aug 29 (Reuters) – India likely recorded strong double-digit economic growth in the last quarter but economists polled by Reuters expected the pace to more than halve this quarter …
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Chinese tech giants hand over algorithms as Beijing tightens internet controls
Dozens of technology companies have submitted their proprietary algorithms to China’s internet regulator in recent weeks, including Alibaba, Tencent and Weibo, according to official documents. The move comes after the …
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Brussels prepares diplomatic offensive to stop the advance of China and Russia in Latin America
The European Union is alarmed at the advance of Russia and China, in the countries of Latin America, a region traditionally linked in political and economic terms to the West. …
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Jailed Australian economist testifies in secretive Myanmar trial
An Australian academic and economic adviser to Myanmar’s elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained after the military seized power last year, has testified in a military court …
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Could Nancy Pelosi’s Visit to Taiwan Set Off a War?
To go or not to go? That’s the billion-dollar question for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the third-most senior U.S. official, whose reported trip to Taiwan next month has spurred threats of a …
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Sri Lanka’s crisis is not just about the economy, but a long history of discrimination against minority groups
Sri Lanka is in the grip of an economic, political and humanitarian crisis. In a remarkable display of anger on Saturday, thousands of protesters disregarded government curfews, rampant military and …
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China’s economy slows sharply, fanning global recession fears
China’s economy grew at the slowest pace since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the second quarter, highlighting the punishing economic toll of Beijing’s stringent “dynamic zero COVID” strategy. …
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US weighs restructuring Trump-era China tariffs to fight inflation
US President Joe Biden’s administration is looking at whether to cut tariffs on some Chinese imports in a bid to ease inflation, the White House said on Tuesday. Four years ago, former US President Donald Trump imposed …
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