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Variants may delay, not derail COVID-19 control

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INT

Viruses mutate when they multiply and often the changes do not affect their behaviour significantly. However, changes that allow them to infect better, evade immune defences or…

Static illicit drug use calls for new global strategy

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INTERNATIONAL

The level of drug use globally and its impacts.

Russia sees crypto as sanctions solution

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RUSSIA

The invasion of Ukraine and the raft of crippling Western sanctions that followed have rekindled the Russian government's interest in cryptocurrencies, with a view to using them…

Somaliland electoral crisis creates sequencing dilemma

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SOMALIA

This came after the electoral commission postponed the presidential election and the Gurti (parliament’s upper house, consisting of traditional elders) extended Muse Bihi's term…

Asteroid mining becomes a serious proposition

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INTERNATIONAL

Asteroid mining.

Chile constitutional reform will not bring consensus

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CHILE

This is Chile’s second attempt to agree on a new constitution, following the overwhelming defeat of a previous proposal in a referendum in September 2022.

Ethiopia party purges presage ideological conflict

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ETHIOPIA

The suspension formalises Lemma’s political split with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. It likely also marks a watershed moment in the brewing conflict between pan-Ethiopian and…

Opposition weakness will help Polish ruling coalition

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POLAND

At the beginning of 2021, the ZP coalition of the Law and Justice (PiS), Accord and United Poland (SP) parties is stable, but not as strong as it has been in previous years. This…

More environment funds are opportunity for eastern EU

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EASTERN EUROPE

Eastern EU member-states, especially in the south-east, have lagged in both pollution reduction and transition to the carbon-neutral economy, largely thanks to aspects of their…

Palestinian leadership may be more radical post-Abbas

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PALESTINIANS

By doing so, Abbas indirectly underlined his failure to change the status quo through negotiations. The speech comes during a critical period in domestic politics when Abbas is…