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Tit-for-tat tariffs as Trump escalates trade war
News, Kate Sullivan & Josh Wingrove, Published on 08/03/2025
» US President Donald Trump delivered on his threat to hit Canada and Mexico with sweeping import levies and doubled an existing charge on China, spurring swift reprisals that plunged the world economy into a deepening trade war. Yesterday, Mr Trump backtracked and postponed Canada and Mexico tariffs for a month.
New approach to debt required
Oped, Kate Hampton & Hannah Wanjie Ryder, Published on 11/02/2025
» The world is in the midst of a financing crisis. As world leaders work to mobilise trillions of dollars to meet climate and development goals, expensive public debt is limiting governments' ability to make long-term investments. A long-term framework for low-interest financing of global public goods is urgently needed.
Life of pain for toxic syrup survivors
Reuters Special Report by Stanley Widianto, Willy Kurniawan, Kate Lamb and Jennifer Rigby, Published on 23/12/2023
» JAKARTA - Devouring books from a young age, Sheena Almaera Maryam had been excited about her first day of kindergarten near Jakarta.
Act now to end food insecurity
News, Kate Hampton & David Miliband, Published on 20/11/2023
» In London today, the United Kingdom hosts the Global Food Security Summit and launch a new strategy for international development. Despite pressing crises like the conflict in Gaza, we must stay focused on other parts of the global system, where ongoing crises of hunger, malnutrition, and food insecurity demand an urgent response. Faced with immense suffering around the world, we need a UK government that is willing and able to offer solutions.
UK govt makes humiliating tax cut U-turn
Kate Holton and Kylie MacLellan of Reuters, Published on 03/10/2022
» LONDON: The government of British Prime Minister Liz Truss was forced on Monday into a humiliating U-turn, reversing plans to cut the highest rate of income tax that helped to spark a rebellion in her party and turmoil in financial markets.
Macy's Is Betting Even Bigger on Smaller Stores
Business, Kate King, Published on 09/05/2022
» Macy's Inc. is accelerating its rollout of smaller department stores, betting that it can attract more shoppers with fewer products and more digital services at stores closer to where customers run their daily errands.
Thailand's key role in tackling climate emergency
Oped, Brian Davidson, Published on 05/06/2021
» Friends and allies are coming together to support Thailand in taking bold action on climate change. Less than a year after Thailand experienced its worst drought in 40 years, forest fires wreaked havoc in Chiang Mai for the third consecutive year in 2021, contributing to toxic air quality. This is not a coincidence -- increased fires are just one example of how climate change is already impacting Thai people. In fact, Thailand is among the 10 countries most impacted by extreme weather events linked to climate change.
Turbocharging Thailand's post-Covid recovery
Oped, Brian Davidson, Michael George DeSombre, Allan McKinnon PSM & Georg Schmidt, Published on 09/10/2020
» The Covid-19 pandemic has exacted a devastating health and economic toll worldwide.
Recession in U.S. Began in February, Official Arbiter Says
Business, Kate Davidson, Published on 10/06/2020
» The U.S. officially entered a recession in February, marking the end of the 128-month expansion that was the longest in records reaching back to 1854.
UK, Thailand cooperating together to boost health
News, Brian Davidson, Published on 26/05/2020
» Last year, Thailand's Ministry of Public Health and the UK agreed to take forward our Better Health Programme. The programme focuses on shared issues: non-communicable diseases; education for doctors and nurses; and the exciting emerging field of genomics (the study of the human genome).