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Rich nations' COP26 failures are modern colonialism at its worst
Dec 03, 2021 15:29Every day that goes by in which wealthy nations fail to hold themselves accountable for achieving net zero reductions is a declaration that they don't care if developing nations drown or dry up.
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Half of Americans experiencing financial hardships: Poll
Dec 02, 2021 14:30About half of Americans have said that their families have been experiencing financial hardship due to recent price increases, with 10 percent describing the hardship as severe, according to a new poll.
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ECO ought to materialize its powerful potentials
Nov 30, 2021 16:46ECO has all the potential to become one of the powerful economic and political blocs of the world, if heads of member state strive to remove distrust by adopting independent and progressive policies without any dependence on the exploitative West.
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Shipping rate surge threatens global economy recovery: UNCTAD
Nov 18, 2021 13:56A surge in container shipping rates poses a threat to the global economic recovery, with small countries dependent on deliveries by sea expected to be hardest hit by a spike in import prices, UN agency UNCTAD said on Thursday.
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Cyber budgets of UK enterprises shrank during COVID-19 pandemic: Report
Nov 14, 2021 14:13The unexpected onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift of workspace have led to a rapid increase in cyber-attacks across the world. According to Check Point research, the number of ransomware assaults worldwide increased by 102% in 2021.
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Capitalism's only plan for climate is collapse
Nov 12, 2021 17:45If we continue not acting against the real cause of the climate crisis—the capitalist mode of production and the capitalist worldview—they will take it as a social license to carry on with collapse.
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Delta variant of COVID hampers US economy in third quarter
Oct 28, 2021 16:20The US economy grew at its slowest pace in more than a year in the third quarter as a resurgence in COVID-19 infections put more strain on global supply chains, leading to shortages of goods like automobiles that slammed the brakes on consumer spending.
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Uzbekistan declares dedication to promoting Iran's Chabhar plan
Oct 26, 2021 13:59Uzbekistan says it plans to hold the second trilateral meeting with Iran and India to discuss the joint use of Chabahar port on Iran's Makran coast for trade and transit.
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The US has become a tax haven for the vile and the vicious
Oct 15, 2021 17:30America's most familiar super rich simply do not appear in the Pandora Papers coverage. No sign of Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk or Bill Gates or any of the other U.S. mega billionaires who top the just-released annual Forbes 400 list of America's richest.
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World’s growth cools and the rich-poor divide widens
Oct 14, 2021 16:31The International Monetary Fund has warned the emergency support provided by central banks and finance ministries during the COVID-19 pandemic has fuelled speculation and left the world vulnerable to another financial crisis.