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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.
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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
Escaping the algorithm based social media platforms TikTok, Facebook and others
12/29/2021
If and how it is possible to escape the algorithm based social media platforms TikTok, Facebook and others, harmful for girls and the young, and to mental health, diversity, and education that leads to upward mobility, is the subject of a WSJ series in 2021.
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The TikTok Spiral, Part 1: Descent - Tech News Briefing - WSJ Podcasts
WSJ 12/27/2021
The TikTok Spiral, Part 3: Escape the Algorithm - Tech News Briefing - WSJ Podcasts
WSJ 12/29/2021
‘The Corpse Bride Diet’: How TikTok Inundates Teens With Eating-Disorder Videos
WSJ 12/17/2021
Teens Are Developing Tics. Doctors Say TikTok May Be A Factor. - The Journal. - WSJ Podcasts
WSJ 11/08/2021
Facebook Faces Official Questions in India Over Policing of Hate Speech
WSJ 10/28/2021
Facebook Whistleblower’s Testimony Builds Momentum for Tougher Tech Laws
WSJ 10/05/2021
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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China's Belt and Road Initiative financing in African countries and debt distress
04/26/2019
Grouped Articles
Opinion | Is China the World’s Loan Shark?
NYTimes.com 04/26/2019
Indonesia's 2019 elections
01/24/2019
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Indonesia’s economic growth is being held back by populism
The Economist 01/24/2019
Indonesian elections: Joko Widodo claims re-election victory
The Guardian 04/18/2019
The impact of a rising U.S. dollar on developing countries in 2018
05/09/2018
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In a Dollarized World, a Rising Dollar Spells Pain
WSJ 05/09/2018
Trump and Obama in the Middle East- Cairo 2009 and Riyadh 2017, contrasting views on American leadership
05/24/2017
Grouped Articles
WSJ 05/22/2017
Hurdles for women entrepreneurs starting small business in India
04/26/2017
Grouped Articles
Power to Indian women entrepreneurs | Wo+men | DW.COM | 21.04.2017
DW.COM 04/21/2017
Pictures, images and thoughts to take away from 2016
12/21/2016
Grouped Articles
DW.COM 12/20/2016
Berlin's Bishop Dröge: 'Don't let violence discourage you' | Culture | DW.COM | 21.12.2016
DW.COM 12/21/2016
The new West Coast model of higher taxes on the wealthy to support state budgets to invest in education, healthcare and infrastructure
11/06/2016
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Big government is the new West Coast craze
Washington Post 11/06/2016
Air quality, pollution and planting trees in cities
10/31/2016
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Growth of city trees can cut air pollution, says report - BBC News
BBC News 10/31/2016
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Advice for Living
10/03/2016
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Advice for Living
The New York Times 10/01/2016
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is making her opera debut
Washington Post 10/21/2016
Changes in Saudi society and women's participation under MBS 2023
09/30/2023
Profound changes are taking place in Saudi society and participation, opportunities for women. It is similar to what happened in Turkey under Kemal Ataturk in the 1920's and 1930's. The role of MBZ in the United Arab Emirates and of MBS in Saudi in bringing changes to societies that have not changed since the Renaissance changed the way Europe looked at the world leading to the scientific and industrial revolutions. These changes affect a larger region extending from Saudi to India and Indonesia, that increase participation of women and the exercise of fundamental rights of women, participation of women in society and opportunities for education and advancement. The changes for women in East Asian societies are now within reach of South Asian and West Asian socieities as they embrace the scientific and industrial revolutions.
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India-Saudi collaboration holds promise of shared growth, prosperity, says Jaishankar
The Hindu 09/11/22
Opinion | What would Jamal Khashoggi think of Saudi Arabia today?
Washington Post 09/30/23
Post-G20, India and Saudi Arabia build on corridor, strategic ties
The Indian Express 09/12/23
Mohammed bin Zayed’s Dark Vision of the Middle East’s Future (Published 2020)
NYTimes.com 06/29/22
The Economist 07/11/18
A Conundrum for Saudis: Women at Work
New York Times 11/28/14
Children and mental health during the coronavirus pandemic- search for solutions
10/09/2021
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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
Prince Akihito and Japan's effort to build peaceful relations with China, South Korea and other Asian neighbors after 1975
05/07/2019
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The Long Shadows of a Failed War
NYTimes.com 04/30/19
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
Plastic pollution and countermeasures
06/01/2018
Grouped Articles
The tough task of tackling the plastic problem | DW | 01.06.2018
DW.COM 06/01/18
The 75th anniversary of the Quit India Movement that led to the unwinding of colonialism in Asia and Africa
08/09/2017
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On Quit India anniversary, Modi for special initiatives to end poverty, illiteracy, corruption
The Hindu 08/09/17
Turning on encryption for Apple, Google, scrambling passwords, and other ways to prevent digital hacking
05/15/2017
Grouped Articles
Protecting Your Digital Life in 8 Easy Steps
The New York Times 11/16/16
Aging and opportunities to improve health in retirement
04/17/2017
Grouped Articles
The Best Exercise for Aging Muscles
The New York Times 03/23/17
To Stay Speedy in His 70s, He Got Buff
WSJ 12/08/18
The story of women in America- Gladys Ament, born in Lonaconing, Md, 1920, and the 96 years since the adoption of women's right to vote
11/08/2016
Grouped Articles
She was born the day women got the vote. And then a century passed. . .
Washington Post 11/08/16
New evidence on the dangers of smoking- to basic DNA of other organs liver, bladder, esophagus, beyond the lungs
11/04/2016
This should be a warning for countries such as China, India, Russia, and parts of the developing world where anti-smoking efforts lag behind the U.S. and Europe.
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Smoking leaves genetic 'signatures' far from lungs | Sci-Tech | DW.COM | 03.11.2016
DW.COM 11/03/16
Japan: Where Antismoking Laws Go to Die?
WSJ 03/06/17
U.S. president Obama on "The Way Ahead" in October 2016 after 2 terms in office
10/12/2016
The first term of president Obama was taken up mostly in meeting the 2008 financial crisis. Much remains to be done says president Obama after his second term, as the economic recovery needs to be brought home to all Americans, job opportunities improved, growing inequality addressed, productivity increased. He says many foreign leaders ask him about the the populist trends and sentiment for protectionism growing in the U.S. and he has given a lot of thought to this. He summarizes his ideas in an Essay in The Economist magazine of Oct 8-14th 2016.
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The Economist 10/08/16
The Guardian 11/06/16
‘American Democracy Is Bigger Than Any One Person,’ Obama Says
The New York Times 11/16/16
The White House’s claim that 800,000 manufacturing jobs were added during Obama’s presidency
Washington Post 12/09/16
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