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The European Union plans to rebuild its solar panel industry by manufacturing in the home country. This means shifting away from supply channels where China controls 80% of production. Chancellor Merkel failed to see the risks of letting German companies be decimated by China's subsidy program supporting solar panel makers in China. A system of customs duties failed when China threatened to retaliate with duties on German car exports. In the end Germany like the US under president Obama and Trump after 2010 failed to support domestic solar panel makers.  Now subsidies are accepted way of competing with China for both the US and the EU. The US under the Biden administration is fully committed to compete with China by developing its own solar panel manufacturing industry with the kind of help China is giving to its own solar panel makers. The EU is following the same path. From 200 gigawatts in 2023 the EU's target is 600 gigawatts from solar by 2030. The 400 gigawatts will come from through a policy of make at home in the EU, including raw materials, polysilicon, wafers, and assembly. Subsidies are now the way the US and the EU plan to get back what they lost to China, their critical manufacturing advantage through errors in policy. The European Commission is also changing the rules to accomodate the move. A story of one more critical advantage surrendered through the orthodoxy of free markets without policymakers understanding what they were doing. ...

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How should US military use AI- debate as controversy over Anthropic and US Department of Defense's access to AI tools happens in Feb 2026.

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New TVK Vijay administration in Tamilnadu (Madras state) in 2026 to correct flaws on law and order and working with federal government on industrialization of DMK party.

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TVK party's Vijay and shift in state government in Tamilnadu state of India (Madras Chennai) 2026 for clean governance and rapid modernization of the economy.

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New York Governor Hochul's new budget includes billions for child care funding, a top priority for state Democrats. New federal funding helped fund the social priorities.

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Documents from the Fox News Defamation lawsuit show much tension between news personnel and the television network's prime time news show hosts, says this report in the WSJ. Dominion has $1.6 billion lawsuit in March 2021 against Fox News for defamation. It says the network spread claims that the company's voting machines helped rig the 2020 US presidential election in favor of Mr. Biden. 

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High school students have struggled through online classes in 2020 and 2021 in the US. States have waived standardized exit exams and let students repeat 12th grade as the pandemic has made it difficult for students to learn. The lack of a normal classroom environment has affected many students leading to learning loss. High school students have consistently had low assignment completion rates for the last year.

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The US Senate approves $250 billion in new funding for the US to develop independent supply chains in critical products and materials. Ten new semiconductor plants will be built. The effort is designed to ensure the US is not dependent on outside sources that prove unreliable in a crisis. The pandemic has brought home the lesson as this was experienced in 2020 and 2021 with the US too dependent on supply from overseas.

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Nigel Farage of Reform UK surges as its membership reaches 100,000 to Kemi Badenoch's Tories with 132,000 and split in their ranks. Tories are nervous about what is happening. Labour is trying to get its act together, and trying to get the civil service to serve the people. Starmer even goes on to warn that the civil service is "in managed decline." Every ministry is asked to save 5% through cutting waste and inefficiency, and to make good use of limited resources to deliver results to the British people. 2025 will be critical not only for Wales, Scottish and local elections, 2025 will show whether Labour can tackle the immediate problms of housing, cost of living, transport and show results in delivering on infrastructure and improvements at the NHS. Labour needs to get its execution for the goals set right and stay on top of delivery metrics at every stage on a monthly and quarterly basis. Can a lawyer like Starmer do this? It took years of execution of projects for Modi of India at the state level as chief minister in Gujarat to executi at the national level. Can Starmer/Reeves and the rest of the team learn, and learn quickly? ...

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This NYT report shows how the chip shortage and surging demand for cars is leading to higher prices for carsin the US. Auto manufacturers ordered fewer chips during the first wave of the pandemic in 2020 resulting in shortage of cars on the market in 2021.

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China's central bank, the People's Bank of China, reduces the capital reserve requirement ratio for the largest banks by 1% to 18.5%, on April 19, 2015. This move is expected to free up $200 billion for new lending by banks. China's securities regulator also acted to curb margin financing, the using of borrowed money to invest in the stock market which faces bubble conditions. China's economy is reported to be slowing making it uncertain whether the 7% annual growth target can be met.

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Janet Mills, 2 term governor, 78 years, fails to have poll lead over Plattner with local Maine bred identity in the 2026 Democratic primary. It says a lot about the voter attitudes in 2026 which want to steer forward not backwards. Janet Mills ran ads on Plattner but did not get the lead, leading to her withdrawal from the primary. Republican Susan Collins looks hard to dislodge from this seat. Republicans in Louisiana on the heels of the SCOTUS decision against gerrymandered electoral districts want to redraw the electoral districts so that Democrats are left out of the state Congressional delegation entirely.

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Jessie Diggins US Cross Country skier at Olympics in Italy 2026. She is known for her endurance in long distance cross country skiing.

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Peter Murrell was CEO of SNP Scottish National Party from 2001 to 2023.  He was the husband of Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland's government from 2014 to 2023.

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France's  capital Paris housing crisis 2026 with high cost of housing for residents, limited supply, and some of the housing going to rentals to tourists.

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Bitterfield Germany near Berlin and rare earth minerals making, as Germany seeks alternative sources for rare earth supplies. Rare earth mineral made in Bitterfield is neodymium which is needed for next generation energy, automobile and defense industry.

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Suryakumar knock of 84 in 49 balls in India vs US in cricket, as India win by 29 runs- T20 World Cup 2026.

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England lose to West Indies at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai in T20 World Cup 2026. England have to win over Italy and Scotland to stay in T20 final 8.

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A deleted tweet by Chris Wright US Energy Secretary about an escorted tanker in the Hormuz Straits drives down oil prices to $79 a barrel on March 10, 2026.

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April 10, 2026 a day of thanksgiving for the safe return to Earth from the blackness of space of Artemis II, with 4 astronauts led by Captain Wiseman.

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Simon Tisdall of the Observer in London, England, had this to say about Kamala Harris and her taking up the 2024 campaign after the withdrawal by president Biden. He call it a frsh choice in terms of personality, energy, policy, tone, trustworthiness and moral integrity. A generational leap says Tisdall, and the possibilities of a new morning, a new dawn in 2025.

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Dholera Gujarat is the location for a 355 acre site where Foxconn is building a $20 billion semiconductor factory. Production is expected to start in 2025. Foreign direct investment passed $80 billion in 2021.