TKThomas Kohlmann

1. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Thomas Kohlmann

   Why the era of cheap government debt is over (opens the original)

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   When the world's largest pension fund changes its investment strategy, the financial world pays close attention, especially when it plans to drastically reduce its holdings of US government bonds. According to Reuters, Norway's sovereign wealth fund wants to cut its US bond holdings — which totaled about $215 billion (€186 billion) at the end of June — by $80 billion. Global investors are increasingly viewing the debt binge with suspicion, especially as the US's national debt passed $40 trillion

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2. Article · Jul 29, 2026 · Thomas Kohlmann

   Germany: How weather extremes impact local agriculture (opens the original)

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   For many German farmers, the heat wave in late June couldn't have come at a worse time. While barley was already ready for harvest across much of Germany, the drought struck other crops during a particularly vulnerable stage of development. "This year is another difficult one for farms," Horst Gömann of Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia Chamber of Agriculture told DW. Corn has been particularly hard hit, as the extreme heat coincided with the flowering period, he said. "We're already seeing some

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