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Germany’s post-pandemic current account surplus (Lionel Guetta-Jeanrenaud and Guntram B. Wolff, Bruegel)

The pandemic has increased the net lending position of the German corporate sector. By incentivising private investment, policymakers could trigger a virtuous cycle of...

Australia stands alone again in social media content rulings (Bronwyn Howell, American Enterprise Institute)

In February, Australia led the world with its competition-based law requiring Facebook and Google to reach a compensation agreement with media firms regarding the use of...

Facebook’s First Amendment rights complicate Section 230 debate (Daniel Lyons, American Enterprise Institute)

Last week, House Democrats introduced another bill designed to alter social media companies’ business practices — this time by punishing “personalized algorithms.” This is the latest...

Biden aide, Saudi crown prince discussed Israel normalization: report (Al Monitor)

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan raised the possibility of Saudi Arabia normalizing relations with Israel during his meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed...

Refugees returning to Syria face reprisals from government (Al Monitor)

Syrian refugees who return to their home country risk grave human rights abuses and persecution at the hands of the Syrian government and its...

Protests break out in Syrian city controlled by jihadist faction (Khaled al-Khateb, Al Monitor)

Protests have occurred in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib in recent days against the so-called Syrian Salvation Government (SSG), which is affiliated with Hayat Tahrir...

Palestinian NGO to form network in Gaza for women affected by war (Rasha Abou Jalal, Al Monitor)

The Women’s Affairs Center in the Gaza Strip has recently announced the launch of procedures to establish, with the participation of civil and official...

US base in Syria hit with suspected drone attack (Jared Szuba, Al Monitor)

A remote US military outpost in the southern Syrian desert was hit by a suspected drone attack on Wednesday evening, according to a US...

Suspected Turkish drone strike targets three people in Syrian Kurdish town (Al Monitor)

A drone strike believed to have been launched by Turkey struck a vehicle in the Kurdish-controlled town of Kobani in northeast Syria on Wednesday,...

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