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Global warming kills 14 percent of world’s corals in 10 years (Al Jazeera)

Global warming helped wipe out 14 percent of the world’s coral reefs between 2009 and 2018, the largest-ever survey of coral health has found,...

Libya parliament adopts law on legislative elections (Al Jazeera)

Libya’s parliament on Monday passed a law on legislative elections, its spokesman said, before a planned national vote set for December 24 under a...

Why is Algeria angry at Emmanuel Macron? (Al Jazeera)

France and Algeria have had a complicated relationship for decades. Although French colonial rule ended in the 1960s – France has often been accused of...

Libya’s migrant detentions tops 5,000 as crackdown continues (Al Jazeera)

The number of migrants and refugees detained in a major crackdown in western Libya has exceeded 5,000 people, including hundreds of women and children,...

Emerging Industrial Policy Approaches in the United States (William B. Bonvillian, ITIF)

The federal government has long avoided industrial policies outside of its defense sector. But now, facing competition from China, it is pursuing a series...

Bridging the Gap Between Manufacturing and Climate Policy (Stefan Koester and David M. Hart, ITIF)

In comments to the U.S. Department of Energy, ITIF strongly supported creating a new Clean Energy Manufacturing Institute to focus on industrial decarbonization. ITIF...

Congressional Reaction to Facebook’s Internal Research Has Created a Catch-22 for Social Media Companies (Daniel Castro, ITIF)

A recent Wall Street Journal article claimed Facebook executives discovered Instagram was harmful to teenage girls, especially their mental health, but has done little to address the...

A Call for Antitrust Legislation to Protect the American Worker (a Parody) (Aurelien Portuese, ITIF)

The greatest challenge to America is workers being laid off through greater efficiency. So, it was a huge relief to see lawmakers finally waking up...

Vive la (Online Bookstore) Révolution! (Daniel Castro, ITIF)

Some of the French proposals for regulating the digital economy have become so outlandish that it is getting hard to distinguish between real articles...

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