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Russia is winning the energy war with Ukraine

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UKRAINE

Russia and Ukraine have struck each other’s energy infrastructure, with Moscow inflicting the most damage

Iraq’s Gulf-Europe route transit hopes are illusory

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IRAQ

Baghdad’s ‘Development Road’ project aims to create a new hub at Faw port, linking to Turkey

Cloud cybersecurity will draw tighter scrutiny

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INT

The reliance of public and private organisations on cloud infrastructure is rising

AI proliferation will have serious environmental costs

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INT

Recent breakthroughs in AI will intensify the digital economy’s environmental footprint

Bullish and bearish China growth view is reconcilable

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CHINA

China analysts are diverging between those growing more negative on the long-run prospects and those remaining bullish

AI augmentation and automation will alter job markets

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INT

AI will lift global economic productivity over the coming decades, but also transform labour markets

Overcoming the ‘middle-income’ trap is getting harder

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INT

Population ageing makes it harder for the major emerging markets (EMs) to overcome the so-called ‘middle-income’ trap

Cambodia canal plan will be increasingly contentious

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CAMBODIA

The government is under the spotlight over its plan for a canal linking the Mekong river to the Cambodian coast

Inflation slows growth in global mobile connectivity

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INT

Mobile internet connectivity continues to rise globally but inflation has slowed adoption rates

Federal disaster help is crucial but costs are rising

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UNITED STATES

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) delivers federal disaster assistance and often needs supplemental funding