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Trump’s Diplomacy of the Absurd

PRETORIA: Last month, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa became the first African leader to visit the White House during US President Donald Trump’s second term. As he so infamously did with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in February, Trump turned his televised meeting with Ramaphosa in the Oval Office into absurdist theater.

Rethinking Europe’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

Rather than advancing a fair and equitable energy transition, it could stoke trade tensions and fuel economic fragmentation, exacerbate inequality,

Catastrophe on the Roof of the World

Independent environmental researchers and monitors must be granted unfettered access to the Plateau to gather vital data and conduct unbiased

How Companies Should – and Should Not – Deploy AI

Third, managers must invest in upskilling, so that everyone understands the technology and its potential. Fourth, the Golden Triangle, with

Scaling Investment for Africa’s Sustainable Blue Economy

In the face of heightened economic volatility and tightening financial constraints, the transition to a more sustainable blue economy represents

The Climate Challenge as a Development Opportunity

An important starting point is that elites internalize and support low-carbon development as a potential opportunity, with climate resilience as

Europe’s Prosperity and Security Depend on Climate Action

certainly not the US under its current leadership. The proposed 2040 target thus offers an opportunity that Europe must seize

Over 3,300 Afghan families return home from Pakistan, Iran

Kabul, May 21 : A total of 3,319 Afghan families with 18,640 members returned home from neighboring Iran and Pakistan

Salman Rushdie attacker faces sentencing

New York, May 16: An American-Lebanese man will be sentenced on Friday for trying to kill novelist Salman Rushdie in

India, Japan notify WTO of possible retaliation against U.S. tariffs

Geneva, May 16: India and Japan have recently notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of potential retaliatory measures in response