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Trump Wants Big Tech to Own the Dollar

ATHENS – The Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are usually placid, forgettable affairs. Not this year. Several central bankers returned home with a visceral sense of dread. The reason? The specter of the GENIUS Act – the stablecoin bill barreling toward passage by the

Rebuilding Ukraine’s Innovation Infrastructure

With most other industries in tatters, tech startups are propping up the economy. Supporting these innovators would not only help

Mountain tourism is Nepal’s pride and identity

Nepal is a country rich in social, cultural, linguistic, geographical and ecological diversity. It is full of natural beauty and

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

What Trump Gets Right About China

Unfortunately for Trump, the only real solution is to boost China’s fertility rate, and that demands rapid progress in raising

Born Human: How Does a Child Become a Predator?

Each step adds another level, little by little pushing the child further away from empathy, respect, and affection. And in

Toxic relationships and emotional attachment

Toxic relationships feed off of confusion, but knowledge is power. If people understand these psychological traps, they can take control

How many children must AI kill?

The “Godfather of AI,” the Nobel laureate cognitive scientist Geoffrey Hinton, continues to warn that AI could lead to human

Sleepwalking into a new imperial age

Moreover, aid flows provide more than 700 million people in low-income countries with foreign exchange equivalent to roughly half their

Mutually assured development destruction

It’s a similar story at other international organizations. The United Nations World Food Programme faces an estimated 40% reduction in