Trump and the E.U. Have a Blueprint for a Giant Trade Deal. Is it Good for Europe?

Click Here to Read: Trump and the E.U. Have a Blueprint for a Giant Trade Deal. Is it Good for Europe? Both sides hailed the agreement as the biggest ever. But it will come at a cost to the European Union, and many details have yet to be nailed down By Jeanna Smialek in The New York Times on July 28, 2025.

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Top U.N. Court Says Countries Must Act on Climate Change

Click Here to Read:  Top U.N. Court Says Countries Must Act on Climate Change: The  International Court of Justice called global warming an “urgent and existential threat” at a closely watched case in The Hague By Karen Zraick and Marlise Simons in The New York Times on July 23, 2025.

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There’s a Race to Power the Future. China Is Pulling Away

Click Here to Read: There’s a Race to Power the Future. China Is Pulling Away.
Beijing is selling clean energy to the world, Washington is pushing oil and gas. Both are driven by national security By David Gelles in New York; Somini Sengupta in Brasília and in Tirunelveli, India; Keith Bradsher in Beijing; and Brad Plumer in Washington in The New York Time on June 30. 2025.

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