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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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October 14, 2005
Financial Markets
Are tax breaks for houses at risk?
Last weekend's Los Angeles Times (via the Economist's View) article on Bush's advisory commission made it pretty clear that at least one member of the commission, Charles Rossotti, had tax breaks fo…
December 29, 2014
Global
Ten World Figures Who Died in 2014
Ten people who passed away this year who shaped world affairs for better or worse.
December 2, 2016
Global
Ten Historical Anniversaries of Note in 2017
As 2016 comes to a close, here are ten notable historical anniversaries to mark in 2017.
March 23, 2012
Friday File: Cherry Trees Blossom in Washington, DC
Above the Fold. Washington, DC, owes a huge debt of gratitude to Tokyo. It was one hundred years ago next Tuesday that Japan’s largest city gave our nation’s capital 3,000 cherry trees to plant along…
October 7, 2011
Diplomacy and International Institutions
Friday File: Libya, Syria, and the Responsibility to Protect
A session of the United Nations Security Council in New York. (Shannon Stapleton/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. The UN Security Council witnessed a rare double veto on Tuesday. Both Russia and Ch…
