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THIS SPRING, AS GLOBAL MARKETS GYRATED, SOME OF THE world’s most influential investors and executives sat in a Scottsdale, Ariz., conference room engaged in deep discussion. But rather than President

The dots appear to contradict one another, puzzling observers. How to connect them? Inflation over the last five years has been double the Federal Reserve’s target. Why then, does it cut its key lendi

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As the 10th anniversary of the Paris agreement looms, self-proclaimed “climate realists” argue that the targets set a decade ago are unachievable. Reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 is “utterly impla

In October 2023, Brechin, a Scottish town near the North Sea, was hit by a wall of water that changed it forever. During Storm Babet, a record 150 to 200mm of rain fell in parts of the area. The resul