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Palace restricts Morocco's Islamist government further

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MOROCCO

Prime Minister Saadeddine El Othmani now heads a slimmed-down government that includes six new faces, but in which none of the key portfolios was changed. The reshuffle comes more…

Biometrics use is fuelling privacy concerns

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INT

Data such as DNA, blood and saliva may also be used, typically in medical and legal settings. While the use of such identification increases, concerns about abuses of the most…

Intra-Palestinian tensions will mount

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PALESTINIANS

In the short term, it strengthened the party chairman and Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas. Abbas prevented his major rival, Mohammad Dahlan, and his supporters from…

Snap election may not end Austrian government crisis

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AUSTRIA

This comes after the sudden resignation of Vice Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner as head of the OeVP, announced on May 10, precipitated a government crisis. His successor as party…

Congress disappoints hopes for change in North Korea

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NORTH KOREA

Developments in North Korean politics and foreign policy following the Party Congress.

The coming months will be the pandemic's riskiest

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INTERNATIONAL

It is now known which groups are more vulnerable and there is a good appreciation of case numbers in high-income countries. Knowledge about how the virus is transmitted is still…

'Lifeline' loans to Angola will not spur reform

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ANGOLA

Outlook for Angola's relations with its creditors.

Low-income health needs more than isolated innovation

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INTERNATIONAL

Innovating in healthcare.

COVID-19 immunity will determine the pandemic's future

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INTERNATIONAL

Various factors influence how immunity to a virus emerges, but the duration of immune memory will be critical in developing the most appropriate vaccine regimes as well as other…

Drones will aid emerging nations' economic development

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INTERNATIONAL

In developed markets, UAV consumers or hobbyist operators far outnumber commercial operators, but the usage differs in the developing world. In developing countries, the price of…