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Showing posts with label development. Show all posts
Showing posts with label development. Show all posts
Monday, September 29, 2025

Protestors burn transit stations in Madagascar capital; is American frustration so different?

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Protests over lack of water and electricity turned violent late last week in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, and the government res...
Monday, September 15, 2025

Conflict ebbs in West Africa; entrepreneurs ready to welcome tourism, spark economic development

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Conflict is ebbing in West Africa, and local businesses are hoping to spur tourism and economic development to restore ravaged communities. ...
Thursday, July 31, 2025

'The Shipbreakers' (2000) is classic Langewiesche; Hong Kong ship-breaking convention enters force

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William Langewiesche, 2007 Internaz via Flickr CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Journalist  William Langewiesche died at age 70 in June ( N.Y. Times ). I ca...
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Monday, May 12, 2025

Are we at the end of 'Bretton Woods'?: White House reconsiders post-WWII world financial system

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Omni Mount Washington, Bretton Woods RJ Peltz-Steele CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 "Bretton Woods," I said. "Are you sure it's still on...
Monday, April 28, 2025

Kuwait ponders a future after fossil fuels

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Kuwait City skyline Kuwait is an oil country, and Kuwait City glows with prosperity. Kuwaitis know, though, that they can't ride the oil...
Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Civil conflict in Mali devastates innocents, while indifference, deference to Russia undermine U.S. policy

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U.N. peacekeepers, here a Togolese soldier near Mopti in 2018, provided enough security for local markets to function. MINUSMA (UN Mission i...
Thursday, August 1, 2024

Rule of law seems absent, western powers impassive, as civil war inflicts horrific suffering in Sudan

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I know it's hipster hot right now to be up in arms over Gaza and lukewarm over Ukraine . I'd like for a moment to set aside both tho...