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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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If it were legal to deliver rescued migrants to Libya, it would be as cheap as sending rescue boats a few extra kilometers south instead of east. Then European governments and Frontex began investing in tools to detect migrant boats before they reached European waters and calling the Libyan coast guard to pull back migrant boats.

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Europe/US team: transitioning to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers

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Petro-states are compensated to transition smoothly to a sustainable economy, avoiding a last-ditch attempt to flood the world with cheap oil and gas. Some don’t manage, and political tensions rise in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. The result is a win–win for climate and security. Geopolitical friction is low.

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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

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During a House Financial Services Committee hearing in October 2019, Representative Maxine Waters D-Calif.) Waters said, “That’s not a commitment.” Part of the pitch for a private digital currency could be offering people in these communities access to cheap, secure financial services. Apple is another obvious example.