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Rising interest rates cool Canadian housing sector

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CANADA

After more than a decade of largely unchecked growth, a sharp rise in interest rates appears to be cooling the housing market. With the Bank of Canada committed to curbing…

West Africa faces a future of recurring intense heat

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WEST AFRICA

The researchers found that the heatwave would likely not have occurred if global temperatures remained at pre-industrial levels. Several factors worsened the heatwave’s impact and…

Disruptive financial market volatility will persist

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INTERNATIONAL

Investors expect the Fed to ease monetary policy as the US economy slows and the labour market cools, rather than for the central bank to stay the course with its 'raise and hold'…

Data centres face multiple regulatory pressures

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INTERNATIONAL

Outsourced data centres, including the massive ones that support public and private cloud and edge computing services, are now critical to nearly every business, educational…

Prospects for infrastructure in the fourth quarter

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PROSPECTS Q4 2015

Prospects for global infrastructure in the fourth quarter.

Worsening US relations weigh on Cuba tourism prospects

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CUBA

Cuba tourism challenges.

Cyprus and Aegean rows are cooling Greco-Turkish ties

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CYPRUS/GREECE/TURKEY

Renewed tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean.

US-Thai military and trade links could cool

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US/THAILAND

US-Thailand relations.

Housing market will be an election issue in Canada

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CANADA

A collapse in the housing market, which would hit indebted Canadians hard and contribute to a credit crunch that impacts the wider economy, remains unlikely but record house…

Climate change will hit Middle East/North Africa hard

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MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA

The region is particularly vulnerable to climate change in terms of rising sea levels, water and food security, desertification, extreme weather events and socio-economic impacts…