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Ett underskattat problem.

DER SPIEGEL has obtained notes from a conference call involving EU leaders - including Germany's Friedrich Merz and France's Emmanuel Macron - showing just how little trust Europe has in Washington.

Indeed, while we do not yet have a full accounting of the labor market costs of Trump's deportation policies, we can say they are not delivering the promised benefits to native-born Americans—their employment rates are down & their unemployment rates are up over the last year.

Putin’s Choice: Peter the Great or Steve Witkoff by @gerardtbaker WSJ: “In the end kleptocrats are going to do what kleptocrats always do. For Americans, making money with Russia in the hope of making peace would be a time-tested mistake. But helping to make money for Russia

The sale of one of Sir Isaac Newton's teeth for the astonishing sum of $3,633 in 1816 underscores the intense reverence and near-legendary status he held less than a century after his death. This price was truly colossal for the period, demonstrating that for a certain

Only four in ten UK households make a net contribution to the state The richest households contribute £57k, the ninth decile £17k, and the eighth £11k. The poorest decile receives about £24k 1/4

Name assimilation increases immigrants' earnings A LOT.

Ukraine's former foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba warns — Trump's 28-point peace plan may be dead, but the real danger remains. Putin is convinced time is on his side, and Washington does nothing to prove him wrong. Europe must act now — The Guardian. 1/

I don’t have a general theory of loss in trust of institutions, but (1) I regularly see us do things that would harm the confidence of a reasonable observer and (2) given the decline, we shouldn’t look for external explanations to evade responsibility.

“Talk of peace doesn’t automatically translate into the end of a war.” Our latest @BBCNews report from Moscow. Producer @BBCBenTavener

Witkoff has got to go.

Berättelsen om hur lilla SD blev stort saknar folklig verklighetskontakt. https://t.co/n3ZZlFYLIf #svpol #Sverigevänner #Sverigedemorkaterna

Varför har det inte forskats mer om bostadsmarknadens effekter på omfördelning av förmögenheter och fördelning av arv?

Chinese exporters charge Russia more for war supplies as sanctions bite - https://t.co/6zBBhV1qgt via @FT

Antibiotic-resistant infections are one of the fastest-growing threats to global health. Despite antibiotic prescriptions having declined slightly since 2013, more effort is needed to ensure their appropriate use: https://t.co/96RsQ7rC6t | #AntimicrobialResistance #AMR #WAAW

Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, installed Trump in the White House in 2016, and was waging war in Donbas every day from 2017 to 2020 while Trump was Putin's regional governor in the USA. Russia's war is Trump's war. Here are my tweets from November 23 for each of those years:

I spoke with Canada’s Prime Minister @MarkJCarney, and it was a good conversation, very useful. I informed him about the work of the negotiating teams today in Switzerland. Ukraine is focused on working as constructively as possible on the steps proposed by the United States. We

Until the Russians give up their goal - to destroy and absorb all of Ukraine - the war will not be over. Only pressure on Moscow can end this war.

Tariffs apply to goods, not services. Zero in on the goods-producing sector, and you'll discover that it's hemorrhaging jobs. Indeed, the start of the trade war marks the peak in that sector, and it's been in recession ever since.