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Scientists are the latest ‘refugees’ Refugees

Scientists are the latest ‘refugees’

As scientific research opportunities are increasingly at risk, the U.S. is creating refugees of science. Instead of sticking around and remaining worried about their U.S. jobs, scientists are turning to international institutions to create new opportunities for themselves without fear of the Trump administration. Background Trump has severely curtailed research…
bubmag
July 3, 2025
Putin says he won’t back down from Ukraine goals in hour-long call with Trump Ukraine

Putin says he won’t back down from Ukraine goals in hour-long call with Trump

Russian President Vladimir Putin told US President Donald Trump in a phone call on Thursday that Moscow wants a negotiated end to the Ukraine war but will not step back from its original goals, a Kremlin aide said. In a wide-ranging conversation that also covered Iran and the Middle East, Trump "again raised the issue of…
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July 3, 2025
Cape Town’s water crisis reveals about ancient climate shifts and our future Climate Change

Cape Town’s water crisis reveals about ancient climate shifts and our future

Think of Earth’s water cycle as a well-choreographed dance, and climate change has started remixing the music. Some places are now drenched with extreme rain and flooding, while others are drying up under record-breaking droughts. Between 2015 and 2020, Cape Town, South Africa, faced a severe drought so extreme that…
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July 3, 2025
Fiscal rules are silly but important as Reeves has banged on about them and markets care Black Hole

Fiscal rules are silly but important as Reeves has banged on about them and markets care

You're probably tired by now of hearing all about "black holes". It's one of those phrases trotted out by journalists in an effort to make economic policy sound a little more interesting. And in some senses it's a massively misleading image. After all, when people talk about fiscal holes, what…
bubmag
July 3, 2025
Arms deliveries, sanctions loopholes: How Trump’s recent moves benefit Russia Ukraine

Arms deliveries, sanctions loopholes: How Trump’s recent moves benefit Russia

Fewer US weapons for Ukraine, more financial leeway for Moscow – two decisions out of Washington in recent days have laid bare how Trump’s return to the White House is already reshaping the war in Ukraine and Western pressure on Moscow. Washington announced on Tuesday it would suspend deliveries of certain military equipment…
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July 3, 2025