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Valuing online choices can aid policymakers’ decisions

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INTERNATIONAL

Quantifying digital consumption.

Russia's Putin wants success without policy re-think

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RUSSIA

The Russian leader's strategy for self-preservation, transition and economic success.

AI use will become central to corporate recruitment

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INT

Using AIs can expand the candidate pool and increase diversity, automate the screening of applicants, making hiring quicker and thus cheaper, and provide companies with more…

Old dilemmas hobble South Africa’s Democratic Alliance

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SOUTH AFRICA

Steenhuisen, who won with some 83% of the vote, has been party leader since 2019, when his predecessor, Mmusi Maimane, resigned after a disappointing electoral performance…

Canada prepares for renewed Alberta-Ottawa conflict

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CANADA

Smith’s United Conservative Party (UCP) provincial government was returned with a smaller majority in last month’s election but she is claiming the victory as a “strong mandate”…

Saudi attack will prompt a rethink of air defences

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SAUDI ARABIA/IRAN

On September 14, a barrage of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and cruise missiles hit two major Aramco production sites at Abqaiq and Khurais with surgical accuracy. The attack…

Salafi-jihadist groups face defeat in Syria’s Idlib

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SYRIA

The bomb came as HTS launched a campaign to crack down on its salafi-jihadist rival Islamic State (IS) in the areas of northern Syria where it has influence. HTS is seeking a…

‘Sheger City’ plan will fuel Ethiopia tensions

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ETHIOPIA

Notably, this includes the new ‘Sheger City’, which consolidates several towns and villages surrounding Addis Ababa. The move is controversial due to fears the Oromia government…

Early signs of change may wither in Uzbekistan

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UZBEKISTAN

Mirzioyev has spoken about reforms, but the tightly managed choreography of election is the same as under the late Islam Karimov, who died in September. That does not suggest…

India benefits from Apple's rethink on China

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INDIA

Production is being undertaken by its long-time contract manufacturer Foxconn in its facility in Tamil Nadu state. Apple has manufactured iPhones in India since 2017, but the…