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(Fashion Industry) Fashion brands and forced labour

Radmilla Suleymanova writes for Al Jazeera: The global fashion and retail industry’s reliance on producing quick-turnaround goods at a low cost through outsourcing and...

(OPEC+) A compromise between Saudi Arabia and UAE

Al Jazeera writes: Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have reached a compromise deal in a standoff over OPEC+ crude output quotas, according to...

Israel/Hamas – Between 2006 and 2011, a high-stakes negotiated prisoner exchange took place between Israel and Hamas

Al Jazeera writes: Between 2006 and 2011, a high-stakes negotiated prisoner exchange took place between Israel and Hamas, the group that governs the Gaza...

(Jordan) The trial against Bassem Awadallah and Sharif Hassan bin Zaid

Sean Mathews writes for Al Jazeera: The guilty verdict issued by Jordan’s State Security Court to a former finance minister and a minor royal...

(Emerging Markets) Where are the risks for emerging markets?

Otaviano Canuto writes for Project-Syndicate: In early July, the yield on US ten-year Treasury bonds fell to its lowest level in four months, and stock markets...

(Destructive Fishing) The urgent need to limit subsidies to destructive fishing

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala writes for Project-Syndicate: It is not often that trade negotiators get a chance simultaneously to protect vulnerable people and their livelihoods, promote...

(USA/Afghanistan) Is the American withdrawal from Afghanistan a mistake?

Brahma Chellaney wrotes for Project-Syndicate: Afghanistan is on the brink of catastrophe, and it is US President Joe Biden’s fault. By overruling America’s top generals and...

(Stablecoins) An obscure corner of the digital sphere: stablecoins

Barry Eichengreen writes for Project-Syndicate: The debate over stablecoins has come a long way since Facebook announced the creation of Libra (now rebranded Diem)...

(Poland/Lithuania) Polish-Lithuanian energy cooperation works

Mateusz Kubiak writes for The Jamestown Foundation: On July 1, Lithuanian Energy Minister Dainius Kreivys paid a visit to Mazeikiai oil refinery (the only...

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