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AI & Tech
Trump's Surgeon General Pick Reveals How Political Medicine Has Become
Trump's nomination of a Fox News doctor as surgeon general raises questions that go far beyond one appointment and deep into how trust in public health gets built or broken.

Economy
India's Rupee Weakness Signals a Foreign Investment Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight
India's rupee keeps sliding, and blaming the Iran conflict misses the real story: a structural failure to attract the foreign capital the economy needs.

Economy
Alphabet's $421 Billion Single-Day Surge Reveals Who's Really Winning the AI Race
Alphabet's record $421 billion single-day market cap gain signals that investors have picked their AI winners, and the ripple effects are just beginning.

AI & Tech
Alibaba's Metis Agent Slashes Redundant AI Tool Calls From 98% to Just 2%
Alibaba's Metis agent learned when not to use tools, and that restraint made it faster, cheaper, and more accurate all at once.

Climate & Energy
Kenya Joins Africa's Push to Stop Exporting Raw Minerals — But Can It Hold?
Kenya's push to stop raw mineral exports is gaining regional momentum, but the gap between political ambition and industrial reality remains wide.

AI & Tech
The AI Co-Clinician Is Coming. The Hard Part Is Everything That Follows
AI co-clinicians promise to transform medicine by augmenting human judgment, but the ripple effects on training, equity, and accountability may be just as consequential.
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Economy
The Hidden Economics of Exporting Labor: Why Migration Policy Is Development Policy

AI & Tech
IBM's Granite Speech Models Signal a New Tradeoff at the Edge of Enterprise AI

Mobility
GM Bets Big on V-8 Engines as the EV Transition Hits a Slower Gear

Health
Australia Eliminates Trachoma, but the Real Story Is How Long It Took
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Mobility
Hongqi's Trojan Horse: How Mao's Car Brand Could Enter Europe Through a Stellantis Factory
Hongqi, Mao's old state car brand, may assemble EVs in a Stellantis plant in Spain, turning Europe's tariff wall into a welcome mat.

Climate & Energy
Turkey's COP31 Presidency and the IEA Are Betting on Clean Energy Before the Summit
Turkey's COP31 presidency and the IEA are quietly shaping the 2026 climate summit agenda around clean cooking, waste emissions, and a new financing tool.