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COVID-19 aids US-China economic ties in the short term

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INTERNATIONAL

Pragmatism will be to the forefront in the early implementation of the Phase One trade agreement between the two countries that came into effect in mid-February. At the same time…

Dominican monetary policies pave way for growth

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

The relative sluggishness is due partly to the delayed impacts of financial tightening and reduced global demand. While domestic demand has been the primary engine of growth, the…

EU Israel-Palestine policy will remain contradictory

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EU

The lack of a clear strategy is systemic, arising from the lack of a functioning common EU foreign policy. Stuck in the parameters of the two-state solution and refusing to…

Wealth creates new food-security challenges for China

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CHINA

China's food supply and demand.

World hunger is likely to rise as 2030 UN target nears

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INTERNATIONAL

Prospects for ending global hunger.

‘Tipping points’ can speed up net-zero transition

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INT

However, a recent study highlights the role of “positive tipping points” with the potential to trigger zero-carbon solutions in sectors covering 70% of the world’s greenhouse gas…

Sex bias in medicine has high costs

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INTERNATIONAL

Yet women continue to be under-represented in clinical trials: a joint 2018 review of clinical trials in 2015 by the University of Illinois and University of Wisconsin (by S…

COVID-19 will deepen food insecurity in Latin America

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LATIN AMERICA

Although the food sector has not been immune to the impact of COVID-19, it has proved relatively resilient. According to the UN, while the region’s overall GDP fell by 6.4…