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Changing US attitudes to federalism prioritise states

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UNITED STATES

Once considered the means by which US states could act as ‘laboratories of democracy’ that find new ways to improve governance, the recent construction of federalism as…

International diamond market will evolve further

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INTERNATIONAL

There are growing doubts about the commercial viability of the synthetic diamond sector, which has in recent years reshaped the international diamond market. LGDs have opened…

Sustainability will be as key to food tech as outcomes

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INTERNATIONAL

Food tech -- using technology to improve how food is grown, produced, distributed and consumed -- is critical to meeting consumption needs, and to reducing if not reversing the…

Vaccine woes will deepen polarisation in Argentina

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ARGENTINA

A rise in cases and deaths has increased pressure on the government over its sluggish vaccine roll-out. Despite an announcement recently that a local laboratory will soon begin…

Boosting Africa’s health security will be challenging

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AFRICA

Although cases and mortality per capita in Africa have been low compared to Europe and the Americas, the pandemic has exposed underlying vulnerabilities in health systems…

Monkeypox may circulate at low levels indefinitely

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INTERNATIONAL

Spain had reported the highest caseload in Europe, and the second in the world after the United States. Monkeypox is not a novel disease, but the current outbreak is fundamentally…

Climate change to hit Central America unevenly

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CENTRAL AMERICA

Climate change and Central America.

Striking Afghan heroin labs will not defeat Taliban

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AFGHANISTAN

The Taliban and the opium trade.

Private-sector fusion spending unlikely to make profit

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INTERNATIONAL

Even if technical feasibility can be established for fusion as an energy source, achieving economic viability will be challenging as the technology is complex and involves high…

US, EU regulation to toughen on VW failure

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UNITED STATES/EU

Winterkorn was the first casualty at VW of the widening scandal caused by the company's installation of 'defeat-device' software to manipulate emissions testing. In the United…