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Getting a Job Is Harder Than Toppling a Government for Bangladesh’s Gen Z

  
The Wall Street Journal - 02.11.2026 Original article ›
Shan Li | Photography By Fabeha Monir For Wsj
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Bangladesh elections after student protests and departure of PM Hasina- 900,000 unemployed and 700,000 university graduates entering labor pool annually. Not much has changed for the economy since Hasina's ouster in student protests which were also about job opportunities in addition to other grievances. Bangladesh now finds itself alone in the region as it struggles to address unemployment and lack of capital investment. Imports of capital machinery dropped by 25% in 2025 slowing industrial growth. 

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Macron Expands French Nuclear Arsenal and Vows Protection for Neighbors

  
NYTimes.com - 03.02.2026 Original article ›
Mark Landler
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French nuclear weapons numbers and new strategy integrated with Germany- Macron explains this from a Navy base in Crozon, France, March 2, 2026. With wars in Ukraine and in Iran Macron says he will expand the French nuclear weapons from 290 warheads, and starts a consultative strategy approach to work with Germany to extend France's nuclear weapons to cover other states like Germany and coordinate with Germany on military exercises for European defense. This also includes Britain.

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PSG: The tactical fluidity that makes Luis Enrique's side so impressive

  
BBC Sport - 04.28.2026 Original article ›
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The "floaters and anchors concept" for football of Coach Luis Enrique at Paris St Germain that makes rotating movements possible with centre backs playing up front and those playing forward pulling back. This fluidity makes this team one of the best in football. It now plays Bayern in the semifinals of Champions League 2026. Nuno Mendes is agood example of this rotation. BBC Sports explains with detailed pictures how this style of play is done by Luis Enrique.

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U.S. Plans Military Expansion in Greenland

  
NYTimes.com - 04.06.2026 Original article ›
Jeffrey Gettleman, Maya Tekeli, Eric Schmitt
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Several military bases used in World War II in Greenland and now in disuse are being activated by Northern Command's Gen. Guillot April 6 2026. The US is only required to "consult with and inform" the Danes under a 1951 Agreement updated in 2004. On April 6 DJT stated that NATO was a paper tiger and that the Europeans had not offered to help the US in the Iran War because of their position on Greenland.

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A new kind of van life: $180 to camp for seven months – and a real taste of freedom

  
The Guardian - 05.05.2026 Original article ›
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A Story of the American West in 2026- at the BLM Bureau of Public Lands Quartzsite site in Arizona offering camping for $160 for 7 winter months. A story that reflects on an alternative lifestyle for people who were laid off during the pandemic in the restaurant or other business, or people recovering from illness looking for less than fulltime work, as well as others with RV's on recreational trips. No economic exchange most of it on barter basis.

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France Is Furious Over a Few Stained-Glass Windows in Notre Dame

  
WSJ - 01.28.2025 Original article ›
Noemie Bisserbe
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Macron's unpopularity extends to a plan for new stained glass windows at Notre Dame. Strangely enough the unpopularity of Macron comes from an imperious perceived as arrogant attitude that was also the reason of the undoing of his predecessor Nicholas Sarkozy. Is there something about the concentration of power in the French presidential palace Elysee that leads to such behaviors.

This doesn't help France or Europe in 2025-2026 with France changing prime ministers every few months, just as Britain did in 2023-2034 this time with the Brexit ideas and attitudes of indifference even snubbing behaviors towards the European Union. 

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Do You Want to Buy a House in Canada? Not So Fast.

  
NYTimes.com - 01.01.2023 Original article ›
Michael Kaminer
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A ban on foreigners buying homes in Canada by the Trudeau government is intended to put a lid on house price increases. Immigration is increasing to Canada as Canada needs more people. About 3.5 million new homes have to be built in Canada to achieve house affordability for all. The government has proposed 465,000 new permanent residents in 2023 and 500,000 in 2025. Immigration from India and China and other Asian countries is the main source of permanent residents. The new infusion is needed as Canada's economy grows.

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Before Even Receiving a Name, Omicron Could Have Spread in New York and the Country

  
NYTimes.com - 12.05.2021 Original article ›
Joseph Goldstein, Julie Bosman, Kimiko De Freytas Tamura, Roni Caryn Rabin
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In 2020 soccer at filled football stadiums in northern Italy acted as superspreader events. Here the NYT looks at conventions as superspreader events and one recent convention in New York City, Anime (Japanese animation) convention at Javits Center, in late November 2021, that potentially could have acted as a spreader event though not confirmed according to NYT. Dense atmosphere and large crowds increase the risk of a super spreader event happening say experts.This happens as the new omicron variant in South Africa is seen in several countries. 

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Americans Finally Start to Feel the Sting From the Fed’s Rate Hikes

  
WSJ - 09.26.2023 Original article ›
Rachel Louise Ensign | Photographs By Yasmin Yassin For The Wall Street Journal
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New fixed rate 30 year US mortgages have interest rates of 7% in September 2023. Interest rates on car loans also have become much higher. The American Association of Realtors says the typical American family cannot afford to buy a median priced home. The typical American household would need 42 weeks of income to buy a new car up from 33 weeks in 2020. Car buying is unaffordable for buyers now because of high car prices and high interest rates on car loans, says the chief of Moody's Analytics.

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The Hidden Hero Fueling Soft-Landing Hopes: A Boost in Supply

  
WSJ - 11.19.2023 Original article ›
Nick Timiraos
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A boost in supply in 2024 after the pandemic squeezed supply chains is likely to increase the US growth rate by summer to 4.9%. This is not expected to increase inflation which is down to 2.8% by November 2023, because of higher productivity and higher labor participation rate. The labor participation rate has reached a high of 83.5% not reached since 2001. The Fed sees this as a temporary jump in the growth rate that does not induce inflation so that no Fed action is necessary.

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Obamacare: The reckoning - The Washington Post

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Washington Post - 03.23.2012 Original article ›
Charles Krauthammer, Charles, Krauthammer
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Krauthammer cites Congressional Budget Office numbers that show the Obama U.S. health care law continues the spiralling costs of health care with new government mandates at a time of severe budget cuts in education and other areas- for 2013-2022 the costs come to $1.76 trillion. The initial Obama administration figures of 10 year costs of $938 billion announced in 2010 reflected the fact that the new U.S. health care law would take 4 years to fully go into effect. Costs after 2021 are shown to be $250 billion each year in the CBO figures. The law is now before the Supreme Court in 2012, which has to decide on the basis of the limits of the Commerce Clause.
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Rates of Parkinson’s disease are exploding. A common chemical may be to blame | Adrienne Matei

  
The Guardian - 04.07.2021 Original article ›
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The increasing use of chemicals in daily living and of sites contaminated from chemicals pose dangers to our health. This report in The Guardian describes the role of TCE or trichloroethylene acting as a carcinogenic agent and its tole in contributing or aggravating to Parkinson's disease. Dry cleaning, carpet cleaning and other household products such as shoe polishes are some of the products and uses that create exposure to this chemical. This report says New York in 2021 and Minnesota in 2020 have followed the European Union in banning this chemical. Other states lag behind and this report says Santa Clara County, California has 23 Superfund sites that contain hazardous chemicals.

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Nasa's Artemis II mission was a triumph - but when will astronauts land on the Moon?

  
BBC News - 04.11.2026 Original article ›
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Extremely difficult engineering challenges for fueling, refueling in space, the lander for moon's surface, lie ahead for a Moon base planned for 2028. This time the NASA program will go on uninterrupted by swings in public sentiment.

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Guess Who’s Angry at China’s Real Estate Bailout: Homeowners

  
NYTimes.com - 06.12.2024 Original article ›
Daisuke Wakabayashi, Claire Fu
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For the last decade restrictions on sale or purchase of apartments in new buildings were being put in place by the Chinese government to make sure that buildings were for living not for speculation. With the current downturn in construction after collapse of Evergrande and other construction companies, and China depending on construction for one third of economic growth, this policy has changed. Previously couples who divorced just to buy a second apartment were not allowed to buy one for three years. People had to move to Chengdu and pay local taxes for three yeas before they could buy an apartment in the city. These restrictions are now lifted to promote new construction that had fallen quickly after some big bankruptcies and homeowner protests over incomplete buildings in 2022-2023.

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Did China's Xi Jinping expose disunity in Europe? – DW – 05/11/2024

  
dw.com - 05.12.2024 Original article ›

EU explained: What does the European Parliament do? – DW – 05/25/2024

  
dw.com - 06.02.2024 Original article ›

Floods in southern Germany: 40 hours of disaster – DW – 06/02/2024

  
dw.com - 06.02.2024 Original article ›

Why Indian students are flocking to German universities – DW – 10/24/2024

  
dw.com - 10.30.2024 Original article ›

Vendee Globe, world's toughest sailing regatta, sets off – DW – 11/12/2024

  
dw.com - 11.13.2024 Original article ›

G20 summit: Brazil's billionaire tax plan faces pushback – DW – 11/18/2024

  
dw.com - 11.20.2024 Original article ›

EU vows stronger economy, defense at Hungary summit – DW – 11/08/2024

  
dw.com - 11.09.2024 Original article ›

France: Macron names Michel Barnier new prime minister – DW – 09/05/2024

  
dw.com - 09.05.2024 Original article ›
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Michael Barnier, 73 years, is considered the French Joe Biden because of his service since entering parliament at the age of 27. He served under president Chirac in the 1990's, was foreign minister, twice European Commissioner in Brussels, and EU's negotiator for Brexit. He tried for the nomination of the Les Republicains to run against Macron for president. Macron chose Barnier because of his negotiating skills which will be needed as no party has a majority and the 126 parliamentary votes of the National Front of Marie Le Pen are needed for the government to be stable. Barnier also share Le Pen's concern about migrants having called for ceasing migrant entry for 4 years and quotas for lawful migrants set by the government and a referendum on migration.

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Poverty Increased in 2023 as Prices Rose and Pandemic Aid Programs Expired

  
NYTimes.com - 09.10.2024 Original article ›
Lydia De Pillis
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The expiry of pandemic aid programs and the cost of living increases in housing and food, medicine, have increased poverty in the US and affected the middle class and lower working class struggling to make a living. This is an issue for Biden-Harris to tackle upfront.

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Who is ahead in Harris vs. Trump 2024 presidential polls right now?

  
Washington Post - 10.07.2024 Original article ›

Munich attack fuels migration debate before German elections – DW – 02/13/2025

  
dw.com - 02.14.2025 Original article ›

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