Hard Numbers: Clean power beats coal, Biden’s border problem, more Afghan funds frozen, NBA back in China

March 30, 2022

Annie Gugliotta & Jess Frampton

38: Clean energy sources — such as solar, wind, hydro, nuclear, and bioenergy — generated 38% of the world’s electricity in 2021. It’s the first time renewables jumped ahead of coal, which accounted for 36% of global electricity generation last year.

18,000: That's how many illegal border crossings per day US authorities are bracing for if the Biden administration lifts a Trump-era public health order to turn migrants back due to COVID. Keeping the order in place would likely upset progressive Democrats, while removing it would see Republicans pounce on the likely migrant surge just months ahead of November midterms.

600 million: The World Bank has suspended four development projects worth $600 million in response to the Taliban banning girls from returning to secondary school in Afghanistan. Undeterred, the Taliban insist they must first decide on suitable uniforms for girls.

18: American professional basketball returned to Chinese state TV on Tuesday, with CCTV showing its first game in 18 months. China, the NBA's biggest overseas market, took games off the air — although they were available on streaming platforms — after a team manager tweeted support for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong in October 2019.

Israel strikes Syria, Netanyahu goes to court

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu smiles as he prepares to testify in his trial on corruption charges at the district court in Tel Aviv on Dec. 10, 2024.

Menahem Kahana/Pool via Reuters

Israel has launched over 60 airstrikes this week targeting naval bases, ships, ammunition depots, and weapon facilities across Syria, devastating the Syrian Army’s remaining capabilities, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Walmart associates are finding new ways to grow in their careers

Walmart

Walmart provides opportunities for associates to unlock their potential and grow their careers. With a $1 billion investment in career-driven training and development programs, Walmart provides associates with opportunities to grow from hourly roles to salaried management positions. In the past two years, over 300,000 associates have earned promotions into positions with higher pay and greater responsibility. Whether it’s a first job, next step, or second career, there is a path for anyone at Walmart. Learn how Walmart is supporting careers.

How AI can help advance the Sustainable Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean

Microsoft

In October 2023, 20 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean signed the "Declaración de Santiago," a commitment to responsible AI development tailored to the region's cultural context and needs. Microsoft’s Global Perspectives: Responsible AI Fellows and CAF Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean recently released a report exploring how AI can help achieve the UN SDGs. From health and wellness to gender equality and sustainable tourism, AI is unlocking solutions to longstanding challenges. Learn more.

Macron works to end France’s political deadlock

Marine Tondelier, of Les Ecologistes party, talks to journalists next to colleagues as they leave a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Dec. 10. They had met with the French president as part of consultations aimed at appointing a new prime minister.

REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq

On Tuesday, France’s President Emmanuel Macron hosted a meeting with the leaders of center, center-right, and center-left political parties at the Elysee Palace in a bid to end France’s political crisis by building support for a new prime minister and a 2025 budget.

Can Trump's tariff plan boost the US economy?

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President-elect Donald Trump has made no secret of his love of tariffs, vowing steep import taxes on China, Mexico, Canada, and almost every product that crosses the US border on his first day in office. Will they boost US jobs and manufacturing, as Trump promises, or lead to rising inflation, as many economists warn? On GZERO World, Oren Cass, founder and chief economist at conservative think tank American Compass, joins Ian Bremmer for an in-depth discussion about Trump’s tariff plan and the future of US-China trade policy.

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On Tuesday, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva underwent a successful craniotomy in Sao Paolo after complaining of a severe headache.

Israel has launched over 60 airstrikes this week targeting naval bases, ships, ammunition depots, and weapon facilities across Syria, devastating the Syrian Army’s remaining capabilities, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

On Tuesday, France’s President Emmanuel Macron hosted a meeting with the leaders of center, center-right, and center-left political parties at the Elysee Palace in a bid to end France’s political crisis by building support for a new prime minister and a 2025 budget.

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The US government has reportedly permitted Microsoft to export advanced AI chips to one of its own facilities in the United Arab Emirates.

The world’s leading AI chip designer has plans to expand its footprint both in the United States and around the globe.

Not only is he a close friend of Elon Musk, who is leading a government efficiency committee for Trump, but Sacks has spent the last few years as one of the loudest voices supporting Trump from the upper echelons of Silicon Valley.