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Three South African ministers freed after standoff with veterans (Al Jazeera)

South African special forces have freed three government ministers held hostage by veterans demanding compensation for their role in the fight against apartheid, according...

Ending Hunger Sustainably (Maximo Torero, Project-Syndicate)

Saving the planet does not have to come at the expense of feeding the poor, and vice versa. If governments can implement a series...

Trade and the Future of Food (Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Project-Syndicate)

World Food Day offers an important opportunity to recall how vital a role trade plays in shaping the production, availability, pricing, and quality of...

The Great Supply-Chain Massacre (Diane Coyle, Project-Syndicate)

It is unclear whether current widespread product shortages are merely a temporary disruption or evidence of a global production meltdown. But today’s supply shocks...

Simandou is China’s poisoned chalice (Luke Hurst, Peter Cai, East Asia Forum)

In September 2021, Alpha Conde — the octogenarian president of Guinea — was toppled by the special forces he created. It is the latest...

Mongolia’s new president won’t affect ties with Russia (Alexey Mikhalev, Artyom Lukin, East Asia Forum)

In June 2021, Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh, the former chairman of the Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) and prime minister, became the sixth President of Mongolia. The...

China steps towards a coal-free future (Huw Slater, East Asia Forum)

On 21 September 2021, China’s President Xi Jinping announced to the UN General Assembly that China would stop building new coal power plants abroad....

Chinese firms leading the way on green package delivery (Hsiao Chink Tang, Yuying Tang, East Asia Forum)

Chinese e-commerce has grown rapidly in recent years, but not without costs to the environment. Between 2010–2020, China’s retail e-commerce sales grew about 34-fold compared to...

Enhancing climate change resilience through self-protection, public investment, and market insurance (Matthew E. Kahn and Somik V. Lall, Brookings)

Given that global greenhouse gas emissions are likely to continue to rise in the coming decades, we must invest in resilience. We have three...

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