Tech trumps tariffs
Richard Vague advises Donald Trump to stop charging around and do some research. The US has had a particularly woeful trade deficit since the 1980s, and this article will consider …
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As Thailand does U-turn on legal cannabis, businesses scramble to survive
Bangkok, Thailand – Even at the Nana intersection, a pulsating mecca of this megacity’s seamy nightlife scene, the Wonderland cannabis shop is hard to miss. Its sprawling, ruby-pink signboard screams across …
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Cryptocurrency Loophole Could Allow Foreign Billionaires to Secretly Bankroll UK Political Parties
Campaigners have called for a legal loophole to be closed which potentially allows foreign donations to flow into UK parties via cryptocurrencies. In a new warning from the non-profit watchdog Spotlight on Corruption, researchers …
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Chart: Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ blows US emissions goal by 7bn tonnes
Since winning office last November, he has issued a series of executive orders and is poised to sign his “big beautiful bill” that effectively terminates Biden-era climate policies. Carbon Brief’s …
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In a blow to Milei, a US judge orders Argentina to turn over its majority stake in state oil company
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The fate of Argentina’s state-run oil company was thrown into doubt Monday as a U.S. judge ordered the cash-strapped country to give up its 51% …
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Unsafe harbours
Laleh Khalili, a professor of Gulf Studies born in Iran to politically radical parents, uses her understanding of material structures such as ports, shipping, and mining, to build a picture …
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China and US confirm agreement on trade framework
China‘s Commerce Ministry on Friday announced that Beijing and Washington had confirmed the details of a trade deal framework that the two countries had agreed upon earlier this month following talks …
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Brazil rules that social media platforms are responsible for users’ posts
On Thursday, Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled that digital platforms are responsible for users’ content — a major shift in a country where millions rely on apps like WhatsApp, Instagram, and …
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Labour Is Renationalising the Railways. Cleaners Are Being Left Behind
Outsourced cleaning workers with poor conditions and bad pay face being left behind as the government renationalises the railways, RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey has warned. Dempsey told Novara Media …
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The billion-dollar US green hydrogen boom ended before it ever began
This week, Senate Republicans joined their House colleagues in proposing to curtail a slew of clean energy incentives. Losing those could upend many a clean energy business, but the cuts would drive a dagger …
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