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If the #CAQ can find the will to halt its idiotic handicapping of @mcgilluniversity.bsky.social & @concordiau.bsky.social, the 2 institutions of higher learning in QC could attract some high quality foreign students to the province from U.S. universities under attack: edition.cnn.com/2025/05/22/u...

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The #Trump administration has conceded that #tariffs are likely to result in increased prices for consumers: www.axios.com/2025/05/19/t...

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UBS has started using artificial intelligence to turn its analysts into avatars, sending videos of the simulated bankers to clients in a move the lender said would free up staff to focus on more productive tasks: www.ft.com/content/0916... #VR #banks

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Petty of the #EU to contemplate raising tariffs sharply on imports of agricultural products from #Ukraine (with which it has a trade surplus). This is not how you help a democratic fellow European state under violent assault.

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Romania just dodged a bullet.

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I get why President #Trump wants to make Canada the 51st state - it has higher credit ratings, social mobility, educational attainment, employment rates, access to political rights & civil liberties & life expectancy & lower infant & maternal mortality rates & gun-related deaths.

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New research from Columbia Biz School reveals that high-skilled immigrants including H-1B visa holders don’t take jobs from native-born workers. Rather, they fuel entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth, particularly in diverse communities: business.columbia.edu/insights/bus...

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FinDev Canada is looking for an Impact Officer to lead impact assessment in FinDev Canada’s priority sectors, including financial intermediaries, sustainable infrastructure, agribusiness, forestry and value chains: edc.taleo.net/careersectio...

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The Asian Development Bank explores the #future of #transport in #Asia and the Pacific: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH9B...

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The ratings agencies aren't convinced that the policies being made in Washington, DC so far this year are Making America Great Again.

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You might be getting bored of tariff talk but the rubber is going to hit the road in the coming months as price increases hit. Walmart tells investors that it's raising prices later this month. And inflation expectations have shot up a shocking amount in the Michigan consumer survey released today.

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US global health aid cuts in 2024 have crippled key programs, halted aid, and shut down disease monitoring, sparking rising health threats, data gaps, and global instability amid growing risks of unchecked disease outbreaks: magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/the-cos... @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social

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The U.S. ending TPS for Afghans is a betrayal of those who fled Taliban terror and supported U.S. forces. Nearly 12,000 now face deportation to a nation still in crisis. This decision is unjust and inhumane: www.lexology.com/library/deta... #Afghanistan #allies #migration #asylum #refugee

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Hedge fund Fermat Capital Management expects the market for catastrophe bonds to grow 20% this year, as a product based on disasters gains ground in a world increasingly shaped by extreme weather, population density and inflation: x.com/business/sta...

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More than half of small- & midsized- business owners in the US expect #Trump #tariffs to increase their operating costs, and more than 40% predict sales to decline, according to a study by Zoe B Cullen (Harvard), Ebehi Iyoha (Harvard) & David Atkin (MIT): www.library.hbs.edu/working-know....

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Things are not going so well for #Elon's car biz: futurism.com/crisis-tesla...

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The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance have signed a partnership agreement to scale and improve sustainable financing for health and immunization systems across low-income and lower middle-income countries: www.aiib.org/en/news-even... #vaccines

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What is the definition of "quickly"? #Trump in DC in Sept 2024: "When I return to the White House, we will quickly restore stability in the Middle East, and we will return the world to peace.”

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Did I miss the end to this war? “Before I even arrive at the Oval Office, shortly after I win the presidency, I will have the disastrous war between Russia & Ukraine settled,” #Trump said in Waco, TX in March 2023, adding, “I will have that settlement done within 24 hours.”

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An Arizona family used #AI to recreate a slain man for court. The judge was moved, saying the digital clone’s forgiveness felt genuine - despite the family demanding max sentencing. A stunning first. futurism.com/judge-ai-rev... #AI #Justice

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The UK and India have agreed a trade deal to make it cheaper and easier to buy and sell goods and services to one another. It is the biggest and most economically significant"trade agreement the UK had signed since leaving the EU: www.bbc.com/news/article....

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Five things to watch for at the upcoming fourth #China-Community of Latin American and #Caribbean States Forum: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/05/... @gdp-center.bsky.social #LatinAmerica #Colombia #Brazil #Argentina #energy #CriticalMinerals #Peru #Chile

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To improve its investment climate, #Bangladesh needs to attract more #FDI to modernize and diversify its economy, according to a new report from the Asian Development Bank and the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social: www.adb.org/sites/defaul... #SouthAsia

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Many very bright international students previously planning #university studies in the USA are reconsidering their options. #Canada should welcome the brightest to its institutions of higher learning. Some ideas on how to house them: policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ap... @uottawa.bsky.social

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Climate adaptation is urgent, but most #cities remain unprepared. Paul O'Hare of @manmetuni.bsky.social highlights 5 transformative, inclusive ways to build climate resilience—going beyond recovery to create fairer, safer, and more sustainable urban #futures: theconversation.com/five-ways-to...

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On Friday, Malaysia said it would negotiate ways to reduce its US$25 billion trade surplus with the US, including by easing access for American goods coming into the country, as it hunts for a reduction or exemption to tariffs.

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NEW: The IEA's research has shown increasingly optimistic outlooks for clean power and gloomy forecasts for oil. The Trump administration wants that to change. w/ @saraschonhardt.bsky.social , @charliecooper8.bsky.social and @nicolascamut.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/dona...

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HUGE score for #India: #Apple is planning to source from India the entirety of the more than 60mn iPhones sold annually in the US by end '26, as President Donald Trump’s trade war forces the Silicon Valley company to pivot away from #China.

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