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The World Bank and Africa, Global South- $100 billion expansion and new vision supported by Modi and Biden
10/14/2023
Prime Minister Modi and president Biden put forward a new vision for the World Bank at the G20 meetings in New Delhi, India. This means the World Bank will expansion of funding of $100 billion and new task of development in poor counties of the Global South in Africa, Latin America and Asia.
Grouped Articles
A Bigger World Bank Takes on China’s Clout
WSJ 10/13/2023
Opinion | Humanity Is Facing a Great Injustice. The World Bank Must Respond.
NYTimes.com 10/09/2023
WSJ 06/22/2023
Economist Adriana Kugler in Her Own Words
WSJ 05/12/2023
World Bank President Malpass announces resignation – DW – 02/16/2023
dw.com 02/16/2023
Biden and his "Biggest bill on Climate Ever, Ever, Ever"
09/03/2022
The $369 billion Biden Bill on Climate is the biggest bill ever. It was put through with Biden's fellow senators and his long experience in the Senate of the US through the efforts of Senator Coon and Hickenlooper who took a new approach to negotiating with Senator Manchin appealing to his place in history and in the party. Biden said while signing the bill "Joe I never doubted for a moment." Senator Schumer of New York did the negotiations and persevered till the end when Manchin was on board. Adjustments were made to allow increase in drilling to bring down oil prices to create a win-win for all so that it could be called The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 as pharmaceutical prices would also come down with the government retaking the right to negotiate pharmaceutical prices lost under Republicans. It is also a Win for Europe, India, and the World.
Grouped Articles
Biden Signs Expansive Health, Climate and Tax Law
NYTimes.com 08/16/2022
Biden Signs Climate, Health Bill Into Law as Other Economic Goals Remain
NYTimes.com 08/18/2022
What’s in Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer’s Reconciliation Deal on Climate, Health and Tax Policy?
WSJ 08/12/2022
Climate Bill Aims to Boost America’s Charging Network to Meet Rising EV Demand
WSJ 08/12/2022
Opinion | Bill Gates: We’re on the Verge of a Remarkable Moment for Congress and the Country
NYTimes.com 08/07/2022
Democrats’ Climate and Tax Deal Closes In on Passage
WSJ 08/05/2022
Nature walks, nature settings, as an essential way to boost mental health and wellbeing during the pandemic
10/09/2021
It is proven that just two hours a week of walks in nature setting in parks, natural settings, green areas, or forested areas, can be hugely beneficial for health and wellbeing during the pandemic. Long and recurrent lockdowns or partial lockdowns, closure of schools, loss of work and income, have had devastating effects on mental health in many countries. Much needs to be done to promote nature walks and bringing nature as a healing mechanism to take some of the burden off the overburdened health services of many countries. Awareness of this in the UK and funds + projects to do this can be a model for other countries.
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Two-hour ‘dose’ of nature significantly boosts health – study
The Guardian 06/13/2019
Oyster Shoreline at ‘Greater New York’ Has a Pearl of a Message
NYTimes.com 10/04/2021
‘It took a year to get help’: generation Z on mental health decline
The Guardian 09/30/2021
Natural health service: wildlife volunteers get mental health boost
The Guardian 10/02/2017
Nature on prescription: wetlands project aims to boost mental health
The Guardian 05/13/2021
‘These salt marshes saved my life’: how nature is helping mental health
The Guardian 10/09/2021
Pope Francis and the call "not to return to the false securities of the political and economic systems we had before the pandemic."
11/27/2020
Two crises back to back in 2010 and 2020 which set back the working class, the middle class and the poor, and the neglect of capital allocation to healthcare, education, infrastructure. Pope Francis calls for a culture that feels others pain, that "gives access to all to the fruits of creation, to the basic needs of life: to land, lodging, and labor." See "Misallocation of Capital" in Top Stories for more coverage.
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Dr. Redfield, head of the U.S. Centre for Disease Control
05/20/2020
Grouped Articles
C.D.C.’s Dr. Robert Redfield Confronts Coronavirus, and Anger
NYTimes.com 03/13/2020
A Failed Deception: The Early Days of the Coronavirus Outbreak in Wuhan - DER SPIEGEL
SPIEGEL ONLINE 05/20/2020
Argentina's economic crisis in 2019 and mismanagement of the economy under president Macri
05/11/2019
Grouped Articles
Argentina Was Supposed To Be Over Populism. Economic Misery Could Bring It Back.
NYTimes.com 05/10/2019
Argentine President Raises Wages, Takes Other Steps After Vote Setback
WSJ 08/14/2019
In Argentina, Mauricio Macri's dying government mimics its opponents
The Economist 09/06/2019
How a non-interventionist U.S. president decided to intervene in Venezuela
01/25/2019
The U.S. alongside Canada and most of Latin America, with EU support, moves to support new and credible elections in Venezuela under an interim government.
Grouped Articles
Intervening Against Venezuela’s Strongman, Trump Belies ‘America First’
New York Times 01/24/2019
Opinion | Jorge Ramos: The Dictator of Venezuela Earns His Title
New York Times 02/27/2019
U.S. Tries to Squeeze Venezuelan President by Revoking His Allies’ Visas
New York Times 03/07/2019
The 2018 G-20 meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina
11/30/2018
Grouped Articles
Argentina Saw G-20 Summit as a Chance to Shine. Bad News Got in the Way.
New York Times 11/29/2018
The 2018 Argentina IMF Bailout of $50 billion
06/10/2018
Grouped Articles
IMF, Argentina Agree on $50 Billion Bailout Deal
WSJ 06/08/2018
Chile Travel
05/09/2018
Grouped Articles
Place 11 of 52: In Chile, a Gorgeous, Very Rainy and Sometimes Lonely Journey
05/08/2018
The election of Sebastian Pinera as president of Chile in 2017- a shift in Latin America after the election of Macri in Argentina
12/19/2017
Grouped Articles
Chile’s Election Consolidates Latin America’s Rightward Shift
The New York Times 12/19/2017
Venezuela's disputed election in July 2017 and president Maduro
07/31/2017
Grouped Articles
Venezuela’s Leader Doubles Down on Disputed Election
WSJ 07/31/2017
Venezuelan election turnout 'manipulated,' says poll-assist firm | News | DW | 02.08.2017
DW.COM 08/02/2017
Venezuela Set to Seat Powerful Assembly Many Say Is a Fraud
WSJ 08/04/2017
How Nicolas Maduro has been able to cling to power
Washington Post 03/09/2019
Corruption in Brazil- ongoing investigations in 2017
05/22/2017
Grouped Articles
Brazilian Bribery Allegations Escalate Clash Between Government, Businesses
WSJ 05/22/2017
Ex-President of Brazil Sentenced to Nearly 10 Years in Prison for Corruption
The New York Times 07/12/2017
The Future of Work - worklife balance, Feirabend, (breaking off from work at 5.01), 30 hour weeks and longer careers
09/13/2023
What does the future of work look like. Ideas from Laura Carstensen of the Stanford Center for Longevity who says rather than follow an outdated norm of education in the early part of life, work in the middle part of life and leisure in the latter part of life, it makes sense to mix education, work and leisure throughout life. Feierabend is the German practice of breaking off from work at 5.01 pm so that one can go outdoors for exercise and fresh air. All this with nutrition and exercise, healthy living, contributes to a more productive satisfying life that includes time for family, parents and children.
Grouped Articles
Children and mental health during the coronavirus pandemic- search for solutions
10/09/2021
Grouped Articles
One in six children aged 5-16 in England 'likely to have a mental disorder'
The Guardian 10/22/20
Revealed: anti-vaccine TikTok videos being viewed by children as young as nine
The Guardian 10/08/21
How Other Nations Pay for Child Care. The U.S. Is an Outlier.
NYTimes.com 10/26/21
Foundational learning took a hit amid Covid, only 19% schools have access to internet: UNESCO report
The Indian Express 10/05/21
Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show
WSJ 09/14/21
Web giants ‘fuel child mental health crisis’
06/14/18
How women can navigate the waters to find a family friendly workplace and get men to share in household chores. This is important for women's Mental Health.
09/24/2021
During the pandemic women increasingly stayed at home while men continued to work. Figures from Bureau of Labor Statistics show women ended up with doing even more household chores than men in 2020 compared to 2019. As a result women during the coronavirus feel worn out or burned out in addition to losing income. WSJ offers ways women can tackle this problem both by getting men to share in household chores, and finding employers who are family friendly as the coronavirus pandemic declines in 2022.
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How to Find a Family-Friendly Workplace
WSJ 09/24/21
Women Still Do More of the Housework. Here’s How to Share the Load.
WSJ 09/23/21
Who is Dr. Harlem Brundtland? Compared to her does the WHO today flunk, and even Dr Fauci, Dr Redfield fall short
05/20/2020
Dr. Harlem Brundtland was head of the WHo during the SARS crisis which originated in China in 2003. Her swift action included questioning China's suppression of the openness of its scientific and medical community at the time, alerting the world to take action to control the epidemic. The U.S. clearly brings up Dr. Brundtland as the model that was not followed in its letter to the WHO of May 18, 2020. Dr. Redfield, head U.S. CDC was alerted by Dr. Gao Fu head of China's CDC and its medical scientific community on Dec. 31, 2019, and through Dr. Redfield the American medical scientific community including Dr. Fauci, in an early warning of what was to happen. Dr Brundtland is a three time prime minister of Norway starting with the first term in 1981 and ending with the third term in 1996. She was head of the Labor Party and had a distinguished record including her work in climate change, sustainable development and other issues. The WHO earned much respect under her leadership of the organization.
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‘The only way forward for WHO is...’: Full text of Trump’s letter to WHO chief
Hindustan Times 05/19/20
A Failed Deception: The Early Days of the Coronavirus Outbreak in Wuhan - DER SPIEGEL
SPIEGEL ONLINE 05/20/20
Trump gives WHO ultimatum over virus handling
BBC News 05/19/20
False tradeoff between economy and lockdowns- the pandemic economics of the 1918 pandemic
04/06/2020
Grouped Articles
Opinion | Bet Big on Treatments for Coronavirus
WSJ 04/05/20
Venezuela's crisis in 2019 with over 1 million percent inflation and 3 million refugees
02/28/2019
Grouped Articles
Opinion | Jorge Ramos: The Dictator of Venezuela Earns His Title
New York Times 02/27/19
U.S. Tries to Squeeze Venezuelan President by Revoking His Allies’ Visas
New York Times 03/07/19
Health innovations for Africa, Asia, Latin America- Japanese Okigusuri, the medicine kits for pay as you use by cell phone for distant villages
01/24/2019
Grouped Articles
JapanGov - The Government of Japan 01/24/19
Women in politics and government in developing countries of Latin America and Asia
07/13/2018
Grouped Articles
Women Test Mexico’s ‘Macho’ Political Culture With Big Electoral Gains
WSJ 07/12/18
The impact of a rising U.S. dollar on developing countries in 2018
05/09/2018
Grouped Articles
In a Dollarized World, a Rising Dollar Spells Pain
WSJ 05/09/18
Trans Pacific Trade Agreement, TPP agreement reached in 2018 with 11 nations
03/08/2018
Grouped Articles
DW.COM 03/07/18
Argentina's 2017 midterm elections
10/24/2017
Grouped Articles
Argentina’s President Says Election Gains Bolster His Reform Plan
The New York Times 10/23/17
Randal Quarles as the Republican choice for Fed Governor and vice chair of bank supervision in 2017
07/11/2017
Grouped Articles
Trump to Nominate Randal Quarles as Fed Bank Regulator
WSJ 07/11/17
Yellen Warns Against Erasing Regulations Made After Financial Crisis
The New York Times 08/25/17
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