A majority of developing countries are facing debt distress, and their financing problems are sure to grow worse as global financial conditions continue to tighten. The moment is quickly approaching when the world will have to decide between two futures for development finance.
see two options for addressing debt distress in developing countries now that financial conditions have soured.
Poor countries should not be significantly affected by the loss of Ukrainian agricultural products. While Russia’s war has undoubtedly caused real problems in global food markets, they are different and more complex than what most news coverage suggests.
thinks the headlines attributing shortages to Russia’s war are ignoring a raft of other factors.
An underground war is erupting in Ukraine's occupied cities, towns, and villages, as artillery duels between Ukrainian forces and Russia’s much larger army transform the Donbas into a wasteland.
As the war drags on, the history of armed resistance to Nazi occupation of Europe during World War II now reads like a prophecy of the partisan war under way.
draws a direct line from Europe's anti-Nazi underground armies of World War II to Ukraine's partisan war today.
After losing the Republican primary, and thus her US House seat, Liz Cheney announced the formation of a new political action committee and suggested that she might run for president, all part of her effort to keep Donald Trump out of the White House. She is channeling the oppositional zeal that political disillusion often fuels.
considers the implications of Liz Cheney’s primary loss for the GOP and American democracy.
西方媒体总是喜欢追逐猎奇新闻。具有讽刺意味的是,在中国,最近的疯狂事件关注的是食品本身。本周,中国前食品药品监督管理局局长郑筱萸被执行死刑。他受贿近百万美元,显示出这种疯狂也已经渗透进了中国。
首先是大量关于宠物食品被掺入密胺(一种煤的衍生物)、咳嗽药和牙膏里面含有二甘醇(一种味甜的工业化学品,用于防冻液和刹车油)、玩具火车表面涂有含铅漆、被细菌感染的抗生素、爆炸的手机电池以及有缺陷的汽车轮胎。
现在,人们的注意转到了食品上。世界上的各大媒体现在都充塞着有关蜂蜜里掺有工业甜味剂、罐头食品被细菌感染以及含有过量的添加剂、米酒里掺进了工业酒精、还有养殖的鱼、鳗鱼和虾被喂食了大量的抗生素,然后用甲醛进行冲洗以降低细菌的数量的报道。
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