Michelle Langrand
Journalist at Geneva Solutions
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5 days ago |
genevasolutions.news | Michelle Langrand
In a bid to ease mounting trade tensions, American and Chinese delegations met at the Swiss ambassador’s residence in Cologny, Geneva, for extended discussions aimed at paving the way toward real negotiations over the steep tariffs the economic superpowers have been trading. As the US and China remain locked in an escalating trade war, all eyes have turned to Geneva this weekend. On Saturday, delegations from both powers held a first round of discussions, with another round slated for Sunday.
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5 days ago |
genevasolutions.news | Michelle Langrand
Talks between Chinese vice premier He Lifeng and US treasury secretary Scott Bessent began Saturday morning on the hills of Cologny in a bid to de-escalate the trade war. China expert Scott Kennedy outlines the stakes in the US magazine Foreign Policy, warning of disastrous consequences should the world’s two largest economies fully decouple.
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1 week ago |
genevasolutions.news | Michelle Langrand
As countries in Geneva agree to eliminate chlorpyrifos, natural, eco-friendly alternatives point to a safer path – if they receive support from all actors involved. Across Ethiopia’s hot, arid lowlands, a tiny yet destructive predator has plagued farmers for decades. The African bollworm, a voracious caterpillar, tunnels into cotton bolls, jeopardising the livelihoods of some 600,000 people, from smallholder farmers to crop field labourers to artisans and textile factory workers.
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1 week ago |
genevasolutions.news | Michelle Langrand
Efforts to reform the United Nations have been ongoing for years. With finances in freefall, its leader is now racing against the clock to save the 80-year-old organisation. The United Nations is in dire straits. Not only has its biggest donor, the United States, gutted foreign aid, but it is challenging its share of the required minimum contributions, putting the UN’s financial foundation at risk.
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2 weeks ago |
genevasolutions.news | Michelle Langrand
Hundreds of UN workers joined a demonstration on International Workers’ Day to voice their frustration at dizzying restructuring processes aimed at helping the UN cope with a deepening funding crisis. Under the beating spring sun at Geneva’s Place des Nations, around 500 UN staffers assembled on Thursday to protest sweeping budget cuts that have shaken the global body in recent months.
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A year of steep foreign aid cuts has dealt a heavy blow to organisations working for women and girls’ rights in humanitarian crises, pushing hundreds of them “to the brink”, according to a survey by @UN_Women. | via @genevasolutions https://t.co/RnjfzTwZBE
China–US talks began this morning at the Swiss ambassador’s residence on the hills of Cologny in a bid to de-escalate the trade war. But an expert warns that failure could trigger an economic split. Our reporting with @pauladdobias @StephaneBussard https://t.co/qKuIi1DdJZ
How a foundation recently registered in Geneva plans to feed all of Gaza – with help from US mercenaries | via @genevasolutions https://t.co/O88SZ2dKI5