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Chilean UN peacekeepers patrol the Cité Soleil neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince during an operation to restore order in the area by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), after three hours of heavy fighting between gangs, Haiti, Feb. 9, 2007. Photo Credit: UN Photo/Logan Abassi

Politics & Foreign Affairs

Trump’s Board of Peace Can Provide a New Opportunity for the United Nations

byA. Edward Elmendorf - Former U.S. Mission to the UN Diplomat, UN Secretariat Staff Member, and President and CEO of UN Association of USA

February 18, 2026

While President Trump has frequently criticized the United Nations (UN), the planned February 19 initial meeting of his Board of...

AI & Machine Learning

If AI Steals Our Jobs, Who’ll Be Left to Buy Stuff?

byDr Manoj Pant - Former Vice-Chancellor of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade & Visiting Professor at the Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminenceand1 others

February 18, 2026

The question is one of increasing urgency: What will workers do when technology does most of the work? In April...

ESG news regarding Chris Wright warning IEA, Alcoa paying A$55 million for illegal bauxite mining in Western Australia, GEAPP raising $100 million to digitise India’s electricity grids, and U.S. and Japan unveiling $36 billion energy and minerals investment plan.

ESG Finance

U.S. Threatens IEA Withdrawal Over Renewable Energy Focus

byAnastasiia Barmotina

February 18, 2026

Today’s ESG Updates Energy Secretary Threatens IEA Exit: U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright warned the U.S. may leave the IEA...

ESG news on TotalEnergies climate trial, Heathrow SAF incentives, Shein EU probe, EU climate resilience gap

Business

TotalEnergies Climate Trial Shock

byEve Rogers

February 18, 2026

Today’s ESG Updates TotalEnergies Climate Trial: French prosecutors intervene to defend TotalEnergies in a landmark climate lawsuit, challenging environmental groups’...

Environment

How Effective Would a Meat Tax Be — and What Would It Cost Consumers?

byNmesoma Ezetu

February 17, 2026

The global food system is one of the largest drivers of climate change, biodiversity loss and freshwater depletion. Yet despite...

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Trump’s Board of Peace Can Provide a New Opportunity for the United Nations

If AI Steals Our Jobs, Who’ll Be Left to Buy Stuff?

U.S. Threatens IEA Withdrawal Over Renewable Energy Focus

TotalEnergies Climate Trial Shock

How Effective Would a Meat Tax Be — and What Would It Cost Consumers?

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