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IMF: Economic uncertainty is now higher than it was during Covid

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has just published its World Economic Outlook, and it does not take an expert to deduce that, even among...

Politically connected firms benefit from Trump tariff exemptions

This article was originally published by ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. After President Donald Trump announced sweeping new tariffs earlier this month, the...

Cable wars: what to do about deepening conflict beneath the seas

On the day before Christmas in 2024, a Russian shadow-fleet oil tanker dragged its anchor a hundred miles across the Baltic seabed, damaging internet...

Detained on arrival: Why US is no longer safe for tourists

The United States is one of the top three most visited countries in the world. The big draw cards – cities such as San...

Turkey holds the key to solving multiple global crises

While Turkey’s government is struggling to deal with mass protests at home (after Istanbul’s mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was imprisoned), in foreign affairs, it is...

Sifting through the ashes of Rochester’s dumpster fire

You’re just too good to be true Can’t take my eyes off of you You’d be like heaven to touch I wanna hold you...

Trump’s Sino-Russia split bid likely to backfire

Is the US angling for a repeat of the Sino-Russian split? In an October 31, 2024, interview with right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson, President Donald...

Losing the war of wedges

While US President Donald Trump is talking to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, he’s also engaging with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. The American...