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Is Trump Right About Germany’s Surplus?

MUNICH – At 5.8% of GDP, Germany’s current-account surplus is formidable – and has long been the subject of considerable scrutiny. This was true when Barack Obama was US president, but the criticism has grown far more aggressive under Donald Trump. Now, Trump appears committed to forcing Germany to shrink its surplus,

Huthis say death toll up to 58 in US strikes…

Yemen, April 18: Yemen’s Huthi rebels said US strikes on a fuel port killed 58 people and wounded more than

Kyiv receives 909 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers

Ukraine, April 18: Kyiv said Friday it had received the bodies of hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers killed during battles with

The US must change course on Myanmar

The Trump administration should embrace a similar approach toward Myanmar today. This means, for starters, leveraging the earthquake as an

Dumping Biomass in the Ocean Is Not a Climate Solution

Two more processes could accelerate the release of carbon: dumping large quantities of baled biomass could – and likely would

What African Electrification Requires

We know that this can work. In 2024, Africa’s power sector achieved another year of double-digit growth, largely owing to

UN Special Envoy for Syria condemns repeated Israeli military escalations…

New York April 4 : The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, condemned the repeated and intensifying military

Japan PM says Trump tariffs a ‘national crisis’

Tokyo, April 4:  Shigeru Ishiba said Friday ahead of cross-party talks on mitigating the impact. Japanese firms are the biggest

Insurers Must Embrace Geospatial AI

This poses an extremely complex and difficult challenge for insurance companies, which have understandably been struggling to cope. In recent

Will AI Close or Widen the Development Gap?

Encouragingly, the cost of AI development is beginning to decline. While OpenAI’s GPT-4 cost $100 million to train, the Chinese