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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldThe writer is an FT contributing editor and director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise InstituteThe US hit a milestone this year. The size of the national debt eclipsed annual economic output. The ratio of debt to GDP is over 100 per cent for the first time since 1946, when the US had been borrowing to finance military spending during the second world war.Today, debt service is the third-largest category of federal spending, behind only social security and…
Africa needs to generate sustainable jobs to empower its growing youth population. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPSby Busani Bafana (addis ababa)Friday, June 12, 2026Inter Press Service ADDIS ABABA, June 12 (IPS) – Africa has no problem with ideas, but the struggle is in how to implement them, leaders said at an inaugural forum convened to promote action on development. Addressing the inaugural Africa Development Impact Forum (ADIF), Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Executive Secretary Clever Gatete emphasised that Africa must move quickly from great ideas to sound implementation of them to unlock jobs and accelerate economic growth on the continent.“Africa possesses one of…
OpenAI acquired German startup Ona to better handle growing demand for its coding tool, Codex.The vendor — based in the German city of Kiel and formerly known as Gitpod — has developed a platform that enables agents to perform tasks over a lengthy period of time in a cloud environment, rather than being restricted to operating only when their developer’s workstation is on, as is often the case.The need for agents that are constantly working has arisen from the growth of Codex, which OpenAI says is now being used by more than five million people every week.In a statement, OpenAI…
Benefits Potential Benefits of Ceramides Simply put, ceramides are all-star moisturizers. “These lipidlike molecules add moisture and restore the skin’s barrier function,” says Kenneth Mark, MD , a cosmetic dermatologist based in New York and Colorado. They’re also great for anyone interested in keeping their skin looking as young as possible. Research suggests that ceramides can help with these concerns. Increasing Hydration Topical application of ceramide-based moisturizers alleviates dry skin, repairs the skin’s outer layer, and keeps the skin hydrated, research indicates.e60dc2a1-f33c-4a05-9b50-8e3e8e59762910ebf960-02ea-4a33-b183-bc170e1aa954 Reducing Wrinkles Moisture affects the aging of skin in a big way. In one study, participants with dry…
Alaska’s glaciers are highly sensitive to rising temperatures. According to new research using satellite radar observations, every 1 degree Celsius increase in average summer temperatures extends glacier melting by roughly three weeks. A single degree Celsius equals 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit. The study also demonstrates that synthetic aperture radar (SAR) can automatically and consistently monitor glaciers and their snowlines throughout the year. Traditionally, snowlines are usually measured only near the end of the melt season using optical instruments. Researchers found that SAR provides more dependable data than conventional surface-based optical methods. The findings were published in Nature. The study was led…
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain — Pope Leo XIV and some members of the Vatican delegation got off a plane in the Canary Islands on Friday shortly after boarding the Iberia charter en route back to Rome. Iberia’s press office said in a text message that the plane had experienced a technical problem and its maintenance specialists were reviewing it. The pope was visiting the Canary Islands, the Spanish territory at the epicenter of the African migration route to Europe, to insist on the dignity and rights of migrants. In remarks at a meeting with humanitarian organizations, he said people…
A federal judge in Virginia has extended an order blocking the Trump administration’s nearly $1.8bn slush fund, saying the administration’s public statements that the fund was dead were not assuring enough.The US district judge Leonie Brinkema, an appointee of Bill Clinton, said she would lift her order if the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, and the treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, filed a declaration under penalty of perjury that the fund was not moving forward in the next week.The fund caused immediate bipartisan outrage when it was announced last month as part of a settlement between the IRS and Donald Trump…
A federal judge on Friday barred the Trump administration until further notice from setting up a $1.8 billion fund to compensate people claiming to have been unfairly prosecuted by the government, saying that her order was needed because of mixed messages about the scheme from President Trump.The ruling by the judge, Leonie M. Brinkema, was the strongest effort to date by anyone in government to hold the administration to its word that the proposal to create the fund had actually been set aside. While Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, told Congress last week that the fund would not move…
Wall Street is underestimating how much Meta will spend on AMD’s AI chips, a Citi analyst said. Source link
Participants at a Climate and Health Capacity Building Workshop. Credit: Friday Phiriby Friday PhiriFriday, June 12, 2026Inter Press Service Africa contributes the least to global greenhouse gas emissions, yet it faces some of the world’s most severe climate-related health impacts. Several realities define the continent’s climate and health landscape – increased infectious diseases, air pollution, death, disruption and pressure on health systems through heatwaves, floods, droughts and storms. Changing temperatures and, more significantly, rainfall patterns are expanding the geographical range and transmission dynamics of climate-sensitive diseases such as Malaria, Dengue fever, Cholera and other vector- and water-borne diseases.Climate-induced droughts, floods,…