Simone Staiger
@simonestaiger.bsky.social
Colombia, Germany, France, CGIAR
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NEW:
Bill Gates versus Donald Trump.
Gates wants to speak up and defend foreign aid.
But Gates officials are also rattled about Trump going after the philanthropy’s tax-exempt status.
What’s a billionaire to do?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...
Bill Gates versus Donald Trump.
Gates wants to speak up and defend foreign aid.
But Gates officials are also rattled about Trump going after the philanthropy’s tax-exempt status.
What’s a billionaire to do?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...
As Trump Cuts Foreign Aid, What Does It Mean for the Gates Foundation?
As the Trump administration dismantles foreign aid, Bill Gates, whose philanthropy is devoted to global health, is trying to talk to anyone with the president’s ear.
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
NEW:
Bill Gates versus Donald Trump.
Gates wants to speak up and defend foreign aid.
But Gates officials are also rattled about Trump going after the philanthropy’s tax-exempt status.
What’s a billionaire to do?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...
Bill Gates versus Donald Trump.
Gates wants to speak up and defend foreign aid.
But Gates officials are also rattled about Trump going after the philanthropy’s tax-exempt status.
What’s a billionaire to do?
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...
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How to better global food systems?
🎯 Invest in science-backed solutions
🤝 Collaborate w communities and sectors
♻️ Bundle solutions & harness synergies
Dive deeper: www.cgiar.org/flagshiprepo...
#WithScienceWeCan
🎯 Invest in science-backed solutions
🤝 Collaborate w communities and sectors
♻️ Bundle solutions & harness synergies
Dive deeper: www.cgiar.org/flagshiprepo...
#WithScienceWeCan
Flagship Report 2025
2023 Annual Report
www.cgiar.org
April 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
How to better global food systems?
🎯 Invest in science-backed solutions
🤝 Collaborate w communities and sectors
♻️ Bundle solutions & harness synergies
Dive deeper: www.cgiar.org/flagshiprepo...
#WithScienceWeCan
🎯 Invest in science-backed solutions
🤝 Collaborate w communities and sectors
♻️ Bundle solutions & harness synergies
Dive deeper: www.cgiar.org/flagshiprepo...
#WithScienceWeCan
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🌍 The France-CGIAR Action Plan deepens collaboration with 50 French institutions and 60 researchers, advancing agroecology and innovation to improve rural lives amidst urgent challenges.
@valerieverdier.bsky.social @francediplo-en.bsky.social
🔗 More: on.cgiar.org/4ldz2ms
@valerieverdier.bsky.social @francediplo-en.bsky.social
🔗 More: on.cgiar.org/4ldz2ms
🇫🇷 Signature du nouveau Plan d’Action France-CGIAR pour renforcer la transition des systèmes agricoles et alimentaires à l'échelle internationale. L'IRD, avec ses équipes, dispositifs et partenaires, se mobilise pour nourrir cette ambitieuse feuille de route. @cgiar.org
March 31, 2025 at 4:25 AM
🌍 The France-CGIAR Action Plan deepens collaboration with 50 French institutions and 60 researchers, advancing agroecology and innovation to improve rural lives amidst urgent challenges.
@valerieverdier.bsky.social @francediplo-en.bsky.social
🔗 More: on.cgiar.org/4ldz2ms
@valerieverdier.bsky.social @francediplo-en.bsky.social
🔗 More: on.cgiar.org/4ldz2ms
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Kolumbiens Präsident Gustavo Petro versprach seinen Landsleuten den "totalen Frieden". Doch die Hoffnung darauf hat sich zerschlagen. Die Gewalt eskaliert.
Kolumbien: Der Friede liegt auf der Intensivstation
Kolumbiens Präsident Gustavo Petro versprach seinen Landsleuten den "totalen Frieden". Doch die Hoffnung darauf hat sich zerschlagen. Die Gewalt eskaliert.
www.zeit.de
March 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Kolumbiens Präsident Gustavo Petro versprach seinen Landsleuten den "totalen Frieden". Doch die Hoffnung darauf hat sich zerschlagen. Die Gewalt eskaliert.
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“Hamilton” is canceling plans to perform next year at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, citing President Trump’s moves to impose his values on the venue. “We’re not going to be a part of it while it is the Trump Kennedy Center,” said its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda.
‘Hamilton’ Cancels Kennedy Center Run Over Trump’s Takeover
“We’re not going to be a part of it while it is the Trump Kennedy Center,” said its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
“Hamilton” is canceling plans to perform next year at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, citing President Trump’s moves to impose his values on the venue. “We’re not going to be a part of it while it is the Trump Kennedy Center,” said its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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"The administration seems to have a notion of the conduct of foreign affairs as being a set of deals, chiefly with America’s enemies, while administering kicks to allies. As a vision it is, in some reasonable sense of the word, evil. It is also appallingly dumb."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Incompetence Leavened With Malignity
The Trump administration’s Ukraine policy is liable to end in disaster.
www.theatlantic.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"The administration seems to have a notion of the conduct of foreign affairs as being a set of deals, chiefly with America’s enemies, while administering kicks to allies. As a vision it is, in some reasonable sense of the word, evil. It is also appallingly dumb."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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“Suddenly, and not accidentally, people who work for the American federal government are having the same experience as people who find themselves living under foreign occupation,” writes @anneapplebaum.bsky.social.
Trump and Musk Are Pushing for Regime Change
The president and his allies are trying to replace the American political system with something else.
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“Suddenly, and not accidentally, people who work for the American federal government are having the same experience as people who find themselves living under foreign occupation,” writes @anneapplebaum.bsky.social.
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Der US-Präsident hat vor den Verhandlungen mit Russland offenbar schon entschieden, dass die Ukraine Gebiete abtreten muss. Auch dem Rest Europas diktiert er Bedingungen.
Krieg in der Ukraine: Trump stellt die Europäer vor vollendete Tatsachen
Der US-Präsident hat vor den Verhandlungen mit Russland offenbar schon entschieden, dass die Ukraine Gebiete abtreten muss. Auch dem Rest Europas diktiert er Bedingungen.
www.zeit.de
February 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Der US-Präsident hat vor den Verhandlungen mit Russland offenbar schon entschieden, dass die Ukraine Gebiete abtreten muss. Auch dem Rest Europas diktiert er Bedingungen.
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Breaking News: A federal judge temporarily blocked the National Institutes of Health from enacting President Trump’s cuts to research funding in 22 states.
Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Cuts to Medical Research Funding
A coalition of 22 attorneys general sued the federal government, claiming that the $4 billion in cuts would “grind to a halt” studies on cancer, heart disease and other conditions.
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Breaking News: A federal judge temporarily blocked the National Institutes of Health from enacting President Trump’s cuts to research funding in 22 states.
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“I am shocked by the gleeful assault perpetrated by our own government against U.S.A.I.D.’s programs and the public servants who work on them,” writes Samantha Power, the former head of the agency.
Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere
The attacks on the agency are cruel and counterproductive.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:14 AM
“I am shocked by the gleeful assault perpetrated by our own government against U.S.A.I.D.’s programs and the public servants who work on them,” writes Samantha Power, the former head of the agency.
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President Trump's inaugural address was a misleading assessment of the U.S. It has a growing economy, falling inflation, slowing illegal immigration, a record-breaking stock market, the lowest levels of violent crime in years and a military that has limited engagement in conflicts around the world.
Trump’s inaugural address centers on pledge to lift a country in ‘decline’
In his second Inaugural Address, the president reprised dark themes from his first and laid out an expansive policy agenda.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
President Trump's inaugural address was a misleading assessment of the U.S. It has a growing economy, falling inflation, slowing illegal immigration, a record-breaking stock market, the lowest levels of violent crime in years and a military that has limited engagement in conflicts around the world.