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Major aviation industry groups pledge to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.  Harvard University shifted its Chinese language program from Beijing to Taipei. The IMF lowered its global growth forecast in its quarterly report and called on central banks to be “very, very vigilant” of hyperinflation risks. Analysis: Lebanon on the Brink: Prospects for the New Miqati Government.

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Lebanon on the Brink: Prospects for the New Miqati Government

With only a caretaker government in place, the past year saw Lebanon’s economic and political crises spiral out of control. As Miqati’s government takes power in Beirut, the world is watching to see whether Miqati and his ministers will manage to tackle the biggest problems facing the country in decades, among them historic inflation and an acute energy shortage, or simply continue the dysfunctional status quo.

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