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From the Ground Up

Masoumah invites Afghan mothers to speak about difficulties they face (Photo: Afghan Peace Volunteers)

On a recent Friday at the Afghan Peace Volunteers‘ (APV) Borderfree Center, here in Kabul, thirty mothers sat cross-legged along the walls of a large meeting room. Masoumah, who co-coordinates the Center’s “Street Kids School” project, had invited the mothers to a parents’

Dollar Tumbles On Report Trump Studying Ways To ‘Penalize Currency Manipulators’

A man holds a newspaper as he looks at an electronic board displaying stock prices at a brokerage house in Beijing, China, Dec. 5, 2016. (AP/Andy Wong)
Moments ago, all three main US FX pairs, the yen, euro and yuan snapped higher, following a CNBC report according to which the Trump administration is studying ways to penalize countries whose currencies it believes are undervalued. CNBC cited two unidentified people with direct knowledge of the review who work within the administration.