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US economic outlook 2025: It’s the productivity, stupid!
Econographics January 30, 2025 • 11:54 am ET Hung Tran Uncertainty reigns as President Donald Trump settles in. The flurry of executive orders and policy statements, especially at Senate confirmation hearings for Trump’s nominees, have clarified a few issues. The rest of Trump’s promised actions and their potential impacts, however, remain uncertain. Against this backdrop,…
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The D Brief: Army helo, airliner collide; Trump orders Gitmo expansion; Natsec moves, polled; How DeepSeek may change military AI; And a bit more.
Army helo, passenger jet collide over DC: Three soldiers on a Black Hawk and all 64 people aboard an airliner are feared dead after the UH-60 and an American Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet collided, then crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport, on Wednesday night around 8:48 p.m. The helicopter, of the…
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Iran Updates, January 2024
1 hour ago Iran Update, January 29, 2025 The Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS)-led interim Syrian government held a “victory conference” on January 29, during which it formalized much of its consolidation of power since the fall of Bashar al Assad.[i] The conference announced the appointment of HTS leader Ahmed al Shara as the transitional president, though…
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Prime Minister meets Iran Foreign Minister
Doha: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani met Thursday with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran HE Dr. Abbas Araghchi, who is visiting Qatar. Discussion during the meeting discussed cooperation relations between the two countries and ways to support and enhance them in addition…
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The Main Drivers and Aims of the Iran-Russia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty
The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty does not necessarily entail alignment and a desire to confront the US. Rather, its main goal is to utilise largely unused capacities in relations on the one hand and to try to define ordering mechanisms in the region on the other in order to provide for stability, interests, and more…
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Ukraine says Russian drone strike killed four people in Sumy
Ukrainian military said Russia launched 81 drones overnight, 37 of which were shot down. At least four people have been killed and nine injured, including a child, in a drone attack on an apartment building in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday morning that Russia targeted Sumy with…
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Trump’s oil market trade-off, US
Following through on threats to key oil producers while simultaneously bringing down prices will prove a tricky balancing act US President Donald Trump has signalled his intention to maintain or tighten economic pressure on Russia, Iran and Venezuela, at least tactically, while also trying to rewrite the rules of the trade game. The dynamics of…
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Iran ‘Has Yet to Decide’ on Negotiations with the US
Iran has backtracked on its earlier openness to negotiating with the United States, stating that no decision has been made on the matter and denying receiving a message from US President Donald Trump. “Iran has not yet concluded that negotiations are necessary. If they do take place, they will be conducted on equal terms. However,…
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West Africa’s new geopolitical reality
30 January 2025 Episode 3532 58 minutes Photo: Getty Images We get an update on an overnight collision between a commercial airliner and a Black Hawk helicopter above Washington before turning to the new alliance between military-ruled Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali. We discuss what this new bloc means and which international actors stand to…
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Senate set for confirmation vote on Doug Burgum, Trump’s pick to lead the Interior
The Senate is set for a Thursday confirmation vote for President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Interior Department, former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum. The upper chamber voted to advance Burgum’s nomination to a confirmation vote on Wednesday by a 78–20 margin. Burgum appeared before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in mid-January,…
