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Impasse in Morocco Mass Tourism

Impasse in Morocco

Rentier economy, monopolies and connections Morocco gives the illusion of success, but wealth remains in the hands of a few, investments haven’t paid off, and healthcare, education and employment are all badly under-supported. The king holds all the power but is increasingly absent and unpredictable. WIN-Initiative · Getty Nobody knows…
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April 1, 2020
End of an era? Two large coal-fired power stations in the U.K close down on same day Brown Coal

End of an era? Two large coal-fired power stations in the U.K close down on same day

Fiddler's Ferry Power Station, Warrington, Cheshire.Christopher Furlong | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesA coal-fired power station in the U.K., which had a capacity of 2,000 megawatts (MW) at its peak and could power roughly two million homes, officially closed on Tuesday.The shutdown of Fiddler's Ferry Power Station, which is…
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April 1, 2020
Trump’s breakdown Slavery Abolition

Trump’s breakdown

Altitude is a column by POLITICO founding editor John Harris, offering weekly perspective on politics in a moment of radical disruption. Before Herbert Hoover earned a reputation as a tragic failure, he had a reputation for heroic success — a can-do businessman who arrived in the presidency with no previous…
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April 1, 2020
Misunderstanding Global Protests Venezuela

Misunderstanding Global Protests

During the past several years, large-scale protests by citizens against their governments have erupted all over the world. While some cases have not been very surprising—like the latest outbreak of massive demonstrations in France against proposed pension reforms—many others caught the world off guard, like those in Algeria, Egypt, and…
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April 1, 2020
NATO says its role not hit by virus as Russia drills troops NATO

NATO says its role not hit by virus as Russia drills troops

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that the organization’s security capabilities have not been diminished by the coronavirus, amid suspicion that Russia might try to use the impact of disease to probe the military alliance’s defenses.NATO acknowledges that cases of the disease have surfaced among personnel deployed…
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April 1, 2020