'Greenland is not for sale. And it never will be.'
Aqqaluk Lynge and Gitte Seeberg at The New York Times
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'REDD+ is a game changer for Ghana'
Nallice Afrakoma, Daniel Amponsah and Divine Odonko at Newsweek
REDD+ deforestation reduction programs "offer communities like ours a path to mitigate climate change while channeling finance to support sustainable development in our communities," say Nallice Afrakoma, Daniel Amponsah and Divine Odonko. The "forest provides us with essential resources, including food, a stable climate, and ensuring water availability" in Africa. Programs to "reduce deforestation offer a powerful tool to halt and reverse deforestation trends and secure a sustainable income for forest peoples."
'Trump and Musk should gut USAID. America needs to fix our own house first.'
Nicole Russell at USA Today
People "who voted for Trump are glad to see him make good on his promise to continue to strip federal agencies of excessive spending, particularly through an entity focused solely on foreign aid," says Nicole Russell. The "taxpayer dollars that fund USAID are better suited to remain with the taxpayer." Gutting "USAID might sound heinous, inhumane or just purely selfish." But "billions of taxpayer dollars are going toward organizations around the world that are intentionally or unintentionally wasting it."
'The United States needs an iron dome'
Matthew Kroenig at Foreign Policy
A "U.S. homeland missile defense system is both technically possible and necessary to defend the country from 21st-century threats," says Matthew Kroenig. The "current system is designed for ballistic missiles and not a wider range of 21st-century threats, which now includes conventional and nuclear-armed cruise and hypersonic missiles." This "approach of simply leaving the U.S. homeland vulnerable to adversary strategic attack has not led to stability." Washington "needs to take action to protect itself and to restore strategic deterrence."
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China’s single mothers are teaming upUnder the Radar To cope with money pressures and work commitments, single mums are sharing homes, bills and childcare
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Employees are branching out rather than moving up with career minimalismThe explainer From career ladder to lily pad
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‘It is their greed and the pollution from their products that hurt consumers’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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‘It is their greed and the pollution from their products that hurt consumers’
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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Trump targets ‘garbage’ Somalis ahead of ICE raidsSpeed Read The Department of Homeland Security will launch an immigration operation targeting Somali immigrants in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area
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Hegseth blames ‘fog of war’ for potential war crimespeed read ‘I did not personally see survivors,’ Hegseth said at a Cabinet meeting
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‘It’s critical that Congress get involved’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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Appeals court disqualifies US Attorney Alina HabbaSpeed Read The former personal attorney to President Donald Trump has been unlawfully serving as US attorney for New Jersey, the ruling says
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The military: When is an order illegal?Feature Trump is making the military’s ‘most senior leaders complicit in his unlawful acts’
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Ukraine and Rubio rewrite Russia’s peace planFeature The only explanation for this confusing series of events is that ‘rival factions’ within the White House fought over the peace plan ‘and made a mess of it’
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The powerful names in the Epstein emailsIn Depth People from a former Harvard president to a noted linguist were mentioned
