The Looming Taiwan Chip Disaster That Silicon Valley Has Long Ignored

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Still another threat that the #MadKing 's economic and poltical policies make it harder for the US and the world to prevent

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World Bank urges fresh push on economic threat of pollution LONDON (Reuters) -Degraded land, polluted air and water stress pose a direct global economic threat but using natural resources more efficiently could cut pollution by half, one of the World Bank’s senior managing directors told Reuters. The damage is particularly acute for low-income countries most at threat from poverty, climate change and biodiversity loss, Axel van Trotsenburg said. Speaking alongside the publication of a new report on Monday, he said around 80% of people in low-income nations were exposed to all three and the World Bank was committed to responding even as many countries cut aid budgets. "Our commitment... is ending poverty on a liveable planet, full stop. We will not waver on this," van Trotsenburg said. Among the most impacted countries are Burundi, where 8 million people face water risk and air pollution, and 7 million face land degradation. In Malawi, 12 million people face all three risks, the report said. More broadly, 90% of the world’s population face at least one of the challenges, with the report urging countries to repurpose subsidies currently spent on harmful activities. The report is published against a fractious political backdrop ahead of November’s COP30 climate talks in Brazil. The World Bank and other multilateral lenders are also awaiting the outcome of a U.S. review of their operations ordered by President Donald Trump in February. The World Bank would provide data-backed evidence to inform discussions on environmental degradation among its member governments, van Trotsenburg said. 3rd party Ad. Not an offer or recommendation by Investing.com. See disclosure here or remove ads. The report estimated that forests help around half of the world’s rain clouds form and said deforestation cut rainfall at a cost of $14 billion a year for the nine-country Amazon region alone, a material hit for the affected nations. It also means landscapes are less able to store and release moisture slowly over time. That amplifies the effects of droughts and results in a $379 billion hit, or 8% of global agricultural economic output. "We’ve often had this mantra that we believed countries need to grow first, pollute and clean up later. What this evidence is telling you is that is simply false," the bank’s chief economist for sustainable development and report co-author, Richard Damania, said. AI computing powers are changing the stock market. Investing.com's ProPicks AI includes dozens of winning stock portfolios chosen by our advanced AI. Year to date, 3 out of 4 global portfolios are beating their benchmark indexes, with 98% in the green. Our flagship Tech Titans strategy doubled the S&P 500 within 18 months, including notable winners like Super Micro Computer (+185%) and AppLovin (+157%). Which stock will be the next to soar?

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Trump's prediction of destroying Canada's auto industry isn't idle talk.

Canada's auto sector contributes $13 billion annually to GDP.

With deep integration into US supply chains, the threatened tariffs would cause massive disruption on both sides of the border.
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3/10 MARCH 4: The big one. Trump has repeatedly threatened (then delayed) a 25% tariff on virtually everything from Canada. Experts estimate this would quickly slash 3% from Canada's economy, triggering a severe recession. But will he actually do it?
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End of war in Ukraine poses economic threat to Eastern Europe due to possible outflow of Ukrainian refugees - Reuters "The economic success in most countries is linked to Ukrainians who have moved there in the last two years," - Christian Petter
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