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VW scandal raises global software transparency concern

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INT/US

The vehicles were fitted with illegal software to rig diesel emission measurements. The scandal raises wider concerns that similar types of software-based fraud may affect other…

Pyongyang will become poorer but better armed

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NORTH KOREA

Supreme leader Kim Jong-un’s nine-hour Party speech was unyielding on all fronts. A new Five-Year Plan is to be achieved by increasing state control and self-reliance. The United…

Chinese e-commerce to grow despite internet crackdown

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CHINA

Foreign involvement in China's e-commerce sector.

Russia's Telegram crackdown tests censorship limits

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RUSSIA

State telecoms regulator Roskomnadzor's attempt to block Telegram on behalf of the Federal Security Service (FSB) has largely failed, while the collateral damage done by shutting…

Breyer helps Biden but liberals remain outnumbered

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UNITED STATES

Breyer will leave at the end of what has already proved a strikingly contentious Supreme Court term, notable for the majority’s deployment of unusual procedures and the intensity…

Autocratic rulers try diverse controls on social media

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INTERNATIONAL

Social media controls in closed political systems.

Chad military action has not ended jihadist threat

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CHAD

Security update

China's data trading market will grow

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CHINA

The government has even designated data as a separate 'factor of production' in economic terms, as integral to economic development as land, labour and capital.

South-east Asian demand for crowdfunding could grow

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

Crowdfunding in South-east Asia.

Moldovan government grits its teeth for recession

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MOLDOVA

A recent reshuffle raises questions about whether government can avoid returning to old problems of infighting and nepotism; this is important if IMF support is to continue. Until…