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Vladimir Putin: What Russian president's India visit means for world politics

  
BBC News - 12.06.2021 Original article ›
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Putin's visit to India is intended to continue India Russia dialogue. One of the topics is trade. New trade deals are planned to take pre-pandemic trade from $11 billion to $30 billion by 2025. Trade would go beyond energy to include education, cybersecurity, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, railways, clean energy. By comparison US India trade for the same time period is $146 billion.

Afghanistan is a source of concern for both Russia and India and this will be part of the talks. Russia also participates in several forums with India including BRICS. 

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The Guardian view on China’s Covid U-turn: from all-out war to all but nothing | Editorial

  
The Guardian - 12.13.2022 Original article ›
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By lifting all covid restrictions China makes a dramatic U turn in December 2022 from its zero covid policies. This Guardian editorial looks at the implications of the new policy. Testing booths are being dismantled. Quarantine rules and travel restrictions are significantly relaxed. The primary covid tracking app is scrapped.  The turnaround is truly astonishing in its speed says The Guardian. Because older people are less vaccinated than in other countries and the smaller effectiveness of domestic vaccines this still has risks when it is being done so suddenly that the health system has little time to prepare.

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Five U.S. Lawmakers Arrive in Taiwan Amid Tensions With China

  
NYTimes.com - 08.14.2022 Original article ›
Jane Perlez
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A 5 member US Congressional group led by Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts visits Taiwan in August 2022. It follows the trip by Speaker Pelosi. The group includes John Garamendi of California, chair of the Committee on Readiness of the Armed Services Committee of the US Congress. The high level Congressional delegations visiting Taiwan show the US is firmly on the side of Taiwan as part of its policy in the Indo-Pacific with partners Japan, Australia and India and committed to ensure free navigation on the seas and the rule of international law.

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China’s Growth Slowed Across All Fronts in July, Prompting Unexpected Rate Cut

  
WSJ - 08.15.2022 Original article ›
Jason Douglas
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The economy slows and China's central banks cuts two interest rates. No major stimulus is planned as in Europe and the US after record debt levels that have accumulated over the last decade of hyper growth. Youth unemployment reaches 19%. The drop in demand for oil from China with the slowdown leads to a drop in the price of oil to about $93 for Brent Crude in August 2022, providing some relief for oil price to the EU and US. China is the largest importer of oil and it takes in 15% of the world's oil supply.

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Is Japan the Best Team Left in the World Cup?

  
NYTimes.com - 08.10.2023 Original article ›
Jeré Longman
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The winner in 2011 Japan had fallen behind since in women's soccer. The women's team win over Norway 3-1 puts Japan into the quarterfinals for the World Cup in 2023. Star teams from the US, Brazil and Germany did not make it to the quarterfinals. Sweden edged out the US in a penalty shootout. South Korea draw 1-1 with Germany put Germany out. Brazil lost to Japan. A new set of countries is emerging in women's soccer showing that preparation by other teams has made a serious difference.

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Biden’s ‘Junk Fee’ Crackdown Comes for Retirement Advice

  
WSJ - 10.31.2023 Original article ›
Anne Tergesen
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Lael Brainard, formerly Fed Governor and president Biden's key economic policy adviser, takes leadership in protecting the $779 billion of 401K's that in 2023 were rolled over for retirement savings into IRA's. Brainard says- "When a retirement saver pays for trusted economic advice that is not actually in their best interest and comes at a hidden cost in their lifetime savings, that's a junk fee." When the courts failed to introduce regulatory oversight of IRA's the Biden administration has introduced the protection under junk fee protection. 

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What is the two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians?

  
Washington Post - 11.11.2023 Original article ›
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Ideas for a two state solution are revived in 2023. The previous efforts that went astray are shown in this report in The Washington Post. It would have to be creative and bring together sentiment across the whole populations in the region that become weary of conflict, and through the efforts of the US, EU, China, India and Russia, Arab states that see the potential for and need to focus their efforts on development for their people following the pandemic- without the kind of conflicts in the Middle East that have diverted vital resources needed for development.

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Does Milk Do a Body Good? Two Olympians Race to Influence the Answer

  
WSJ - 11.12.2023 Original article ›
Kristina Peterson
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Dotsie Bausch, a cyclist who won a medal in the 2012 London Olympics before turning 40 believes in a non dairy diet. Elle St. Pierre, a 1500m runner who came in tenth in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, who is also a Vermont dairy farmer, says she believes in the guidelines for three dairy servings a day for the protein, calcium and Vitamin D. St. Pierre says she returned to running after a baby with a diet rich in cottage cheese, cheese and yogurt. It has helped her avoid bone injuries.

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Why Xi Can No Longer Brag About the Chinese Economy

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WSJ - 11.14.2023 Original article ›
Greg Ip
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Greg Ip looks at the Chinese economy its strengths and and many weaknesses including debt and declining foreign investment in 2023, as president Xi visits the US this coming week. With a slowing economy, high youth unemployment and excessive debt, China remains a resilient economy because it has strengths in manufacturing. It would take the US the next decade to build up its manufacturing capabilities after neglecting this important field with mistaken policies for three decades under presidents Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Obama and Trump. President Biden is taking steps for this new manufacturing revival to take place.

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As Hundreds of Churches Sit Empty, Some Become Malls and Restaurants

  
NYTimes.com - 08.04.2024 Original article ›
Ellen Rosen
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Eileen Lindner, author of a yearbook on American and Canadian churches, says 100,000 Protestant churches in the US will close by 2030. In the 1940's 76 percent of Americans were affiliated with some church, by 2020 that had declined to 47%. The result is a growing number of churches lacking young people. A large number of young people are not affiliated with any church and church attendance dropped during the covid pandemic. NYT looks at what happens when church space is repurposed for restaurants, hotels, theaters, office space, retail space, mixed use developments, affordable housing.

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Supreme Court Rules for Biden Administration in Social-Media Case

  
WSJ - 06.26.2024 Original article ›
Jan Wolfe
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The US Supreme Court throws out a lawsuit that said the Biden administration unlawfully pressured social media platforms to remove content seen as disinformation. The ruling said the two states Louisiana and Missouri and five parties had no rights to bring their claims before a judge. Earlier lower courts had ruled against the government . The claims by the two states were shown through emails written by government officials to Facebook asking why it had not removed disinformation that said Covid vaccines were harmful. This issue of the usefulness of vaccines for Covid was a major issue in 2022.

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David McCormick is worth at least $116 million and maybe a lot more, a new report says

  
https://www.inquirer.com - 10.02.2024 Original article ›
Jonathan Tamari | Ryan W. Briggs | Chris A. Williams
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During the Republican Senate campaign in 2022 to replace Pat Toomey, both candidates Oz and McCormick had assets over $100 million according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. This seat was won by Dan Fetterman, Democrat of Pennsylvania. The contrast between the wealthy and the middle class candidates and their distance from average Americans struggling to make a living was very clear, almost similar to the billionaire former president and the Harris-Walz Middle class candidates vowing to rebuild the American middle class atrophied from outsourcing of jobs overseas and wages falling behind cost of living for ordinary workers.

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The return of two lefts in France

  
Le Monde.fr - 01.17.2025 Original article ›
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There are now 2 Lefts in France after the failure of a no confidence motion in parliament on premier Francis Bayrou. Le Monde says the Socialist Party under Faure made a responsible choice to work with "reconciliation" in mind at a difficult time for the slowing European economy, changes in government in US and Germany in 2025, and no settlement in Ukraine. The Socialist party made certain of key changes in the government's policies for the remainder of Macron's term as president as the price of it's support and for ongoing discussions.

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French PM Bayrou open to talks on contested pension reform

  
Le Monde.fr - 01.14.2025 Original article ›
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France's new premier Francis Bayrou says in a policy speech to parliament yellow vest protests need to be heard and the pension reform of 2023 with large protests can also be debated and renegotiated. It is an effort to bring together all parties after the alienation of the last 2 years. Macron raised the pension age from 62 years to 64 but did not first get the support nationwide that was needed. 

Bayrou raises the deficit target to 5.4% from 5% under the Barnier government that lasted only 3 months and failed to win parliamentary support.

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Tech’s Trump Whisperer, Tim Cook, Goes Quiet as His Influence Fades

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NYTimes.com - 05.26.2025 Original article ›
Tripp Mickle
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Tim Cook and 25 years of shipping overseas America's industrial base 2000-2025. A pivotal moment arrives in May 2025 when for the second time after 2016 Cook fails to understand that America's industrial base, it's manufacturing knowhow, is one of the pillars of the free world without which America can no longer lead the Free World as we know it.

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More Women Are Working Than Ever. But They’re Doing Two Jobs. 

  
WSJ - 07.13.2024 Original article ›
Rachel Wolfe, Justin Lahart
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Remote work offers flexibility yet household chores and childcare make it feel like they are doing two jobs. Women hold 79 million jobs in 2024 Labour Department says. Of the prime age group of 25-54 years 78% of women are working or seeking work. Women doing remote work sometimes feel caught in a situation where after the pandemic and years of doing childcare and chores they do not have the opportunities of fulltime work that men have.

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New York Will Toughen Contentious Bail Law to Give Judges More Discretion

  
NYTimes.com - 04.29.2023 Original article ›
Jesse Mc Kinley, Grace Ashford, Hurubie Meko
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New York Governor Hochul says "judges should have more authority to set bail and detain dangerous defendants." The rise in crime in New York as a result of a law that eliminated bail for most misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies passed 4 years ago, may have cost Democrats several seats in the US House of Representatives in the 2022 midterm election, leading to a virtual tie with Republicans in the House.

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Five talking points from European World Cup qualifiers - France 24

  
France 24 - 03.31.2021 Original article ›
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In an unbelievable result Germany loses to North Macedonia 2-1 and fall into third place in their group in European Cup Qualifiers. Coach Joachim Loew ends a 15 year stint for Germany in 2021. Christiano Renaldo of Portugal scores a goal with the ball going past the finishing line, which is not allowed because of a lack of VAR goalline technology at the stadium, in a game against Serbia. 

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Ministers move coronavirus teams back to no‑deal Brexit planning

  
- 05.17.2020 Original article ›
Tim Shipman, Caroline Wheeler
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Michael Gove heads the XO (exit operations) group for no deal planning on Brexit. This group met twice in one week and the planning is being done by ministers for no deal.  There is growing sentiment in the government that with the EU not budging, trading on World Trade Organization terms after January 1, 2021 is the only or best option for Britain. Britain would simply walk away from the unproductive talks.

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North Korea’s Economy Hit Harder Than It Has Been in Decades

  
WSJ - 12.18.2020 Original article ›
Andrew Jeong
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North Korea's trade with China has plunged 75% in 2020 and the economy has suffered the worst in a generation. Trade with China withered to $1.7 million in October for a 99% drop. A weak health system meant North Korea had no choice but to shut down completely. It locked off some provinces and shut down foreign tourism. Prices of food staples like sugar have quadrupled.  

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Johnson and Johnson Covid-19 vaccine is 66% effective

  
The Times - 01.29.2021 Original article ›
Tom Whipple, Science Editor | Kat Lay, Health Editor
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Johnson and Johnson vaccine is 66% effective in a single shot, a 44,000 trial study has shown. Remarkably it is 85% effective in serious illness and prevents all deaths 28 days after it is given. It is also shown to be as effective in serious illness and deaths in South Africa and 57% effective overall. The South African variant was a cause for concern in the second wave in 2021.

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Modi government engages Taiwan to solve domestic chip shortage

  
mint - 09.27.2021 Original article ›
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The Biden administration and Taiwan are accelerating the development of supply chain in India to tackle a chip shortage worldwide. Taiwan seeks to come up with an early agreement with India on tariff reductions for semiconductor components. The $7.5 billion plant investment would provide 5G electronics chips as well as automobile chips. India is studying various plant locations and 50% financial support after 2023 is planned with tax breaks and financial incentives.

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A Soap Maker Cracks the Code to ‘Made in America’

  
WSJ - 07.25.2023 Original article ›
Austen Hufford / Photographs By Maddie Mc Garvey For The Wall Street Journal
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It never made sense to make soap 13,000 miles away in China and ship it to the US, and reflected everything that had gone wrong in a once thriving America and how business had lost common sense. Bath and Body Works is correcting that, as shown here in the WSJ. Yet this is 2023, and so many opportunities for doing this were missed already. It took the pandemic to bring some common sense.

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Angela Merkel fears economic crisis is being underestimated in EU

  
The Guardian - 06.19.2020 Original article ›
Daniel Boffey
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Germany's chancellor gives her support to French president Macron's call for agreement before the summer holidays on a 750 billion euro rescue package. Merkel told 27 leaders of EU countries Europe faces "very, very difficult times" and even said that she was not sure the gravity of the situation was truly understood. The value of the economies of some states could drop by 10% in 2020.

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Japan’s Economy in Deep Hole After Second-Quarter Plunge

  
WSJ - 08.17.2020 Original article ›
Megumi Fujikawa
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Japan's GDP fell by 7.8% in the second quarter of 2020 compared with previous quarter. By comparison for U.S. economy GDP was down 9.5% for that quarter. In Japan the increase in the national sales tax from 8% to 10% in October 2019 had already caused a contraction in the economy. It is uncertain how much the second wave of the pandemic will affect the economic recovery.

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