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Palestine – Palestinian journalists claim pressure by PA amid crackdown (Al Jazeera)

Reporters Without Borders ranked Palestine 132 out of 182 countries for freedom of the media in 2020 Palestinian journalists in the occupied West Bank...

Carbon Price/Climate Change – The Carbon Price Conundrum (Project-Syndicate)

KEMAL DERVIŞ The race between climate change and emissions reductions remains tight. Limiting the damage already done will require the use of all available tools...

Global – The Rich World’s Super-Spreader Shame (Project-Syndicate)

NGAIRE WOODS, ANNA PETHERICK G20 countries have failed the rest of the world during the pandemic, not least by serving as viral super spreaders. To make...

Germany – Germany’s Homegrown Q Menace (Project-Syndicate)

HELMUT K. ANHEIER On August 1, 2020, about 30,000 people gathered in Berlin to protest against COVID-19 lockdown measures. Although the event, organized by the Stuttgart-based Querdenker...

Lithuania/China/Russia – China, Russia can cooperate to punish Lithuania (Global Times)

After China announced the recall of its ambassador to Lithuania and demanded the country withdraw its top envoy from China, US Department of State...

USA/Global – Can US infrastructure plan aid manufacturing? (Global Times)

Ding Gang The US Senate on Tuesday approved a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan. The deal includes $550 billion in new federal investment for infrastructure...

USA/Afghanistan – US loses moral credibility abandoning Afghan forces (Global Times)

Li Zixin The Taliban seized three more provincial capitals on Tuesday, making it nine fallen cities in five days. After the Taliban seized three provincial...

QUAD/China/USA – Upgrading Quad and Malabar exercise shows US anxiety about China (Global Times)

Zuo Xiying The four Quad countries - India, the US, Japan, and Australia - will conduct the Malabar 2021 exercises off Guam in the Western...

USA/China – US’ $1 trillion infrastructure push needs Chinese goods (Global Times)

The US Senate on Tuesday approved $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill after months of negotiations. Despite the US government' attempt to decouple from China,...

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