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Protectionism

U.S. Tech Giants Bet Big on India. Now the Rules Are Changing. – The Wall Street Journal

NEW DELHIAfter Walmart Inc. sealed a $16 billion deal last year to buy Indias biggest domestic e-commerce startup, it got some bad news. India was changing its e-commerce regulations. Foreign-owned online retailers would need to modify their supply chains an…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Trade War

Dow dives after Trump hints that a trade deal with China could come after the 2020 election – USA TODAY

President Donald Trump said that French President Emmanuel Macrons recent comments about NATO were very insulting. USA TODAY U.S. stocks tumbled Tuesday on worries that a trade deal with China wont be reached this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average d…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

‘People are not animals’; stranded migrants freeze in Bosnian forest

VUCJAK, Bosnia (Reuters) - Hundreds of migrants and refugees stuck in a makeshift camp in a Bosnian forest are struggling to survive in subzero temperatures as snow weighs down on their tents, spurring fears that some may die unless they are resettled soon. …

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Virtual Reality

Electric Dreams Help Cows Survive The Desert Of The Real

Pictures of a cow wearing a pair of comically oversized virtual reality goggles recently spread like wildfire over social media, and even the major news outlets eventually picked it up. Why not? Nobody wants to read about geopolitical turmoil over the holiday…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

NATO

Canada, Netherlands back NATO rethink after French, U.S. doubts

LONDON (Reuters) - The prime ministers of Canada and the Netherlands added their support on Tuesday to a Franco-German proposal to reform NATO, after France’s president said the Western alliance was dying. “I don’t think you survive 70 years as an alliance …

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Water Scarcity

Zimbabwe on verge of hunger crisis, UN food agency warns

The United Nations said on Tuesday it was procuring food assistance for 4.1 million Zimbabweans, a quarter of the population in a country where shortages are being exacerbated by runaway inflation and climate-induced drought. Zimbabwe, once the breadbasket o…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Unwelcome Refugees

Macron Alone

Since taking office in 2017, French President Emmanuel Macron has cultivated an image as a champion of the European Union at a time of shifting global power balances and resurgent populism. But his latest diplomatic efforts risk alienating Germany and other k…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Paris

French Champagne exporters call for help over new U.S. duties threat

PARIS (Reuters) - French wine and spirits trade body FEVS called on President Emmanuel Macron to protect it against a U.S. government threat to impose tariffs of up to 100% on a range of French products including sparkling wines such as Champagne. The taxes…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Climate Change

COP25: WWF and Prado Museum use art to show climate change

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

Water Scarcity

Minister Lindiwe Sisulu – Response to Drought

Minister Sisulu address the media on the department's response to the drought: Water is everybody's business and is a resource without substitute" at the Imbizo Room, Parliament Ladies and gentlemen of the Press Good afternoon The prevailing drought condit…

bubmagDecember 3, 2019

U.S. Tech Giants Bet Big on India. Now the Rules Are Changing. – The Wall Street Journal

Dow dives after Trump hints that a trade deal with China could come after the 2020 election – USA TODAY

‘People are not animals’; stranded migrants freeze in Bosnian forest

Electric Dreams Help Cows Survive The Desert Of The Real

Canada, Netherlands back NATO rethink after French, U.S. doubts

Zimbabwe on verge of hunger crisis, UN food agency warns

Macron Alone

French Champagne exporters call for help over new U.S. duties threat

COP25: WWF and Prado Museum use art to show climate change

Minister Lindiwe Sisulu – Response to Drought

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