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Iran success may broaden global sanctions

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INTERNATIONAL

Agreement between Iran and the P5+1 (France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Russia, China and the United States) on the former's nuclear programme in July 2015 has been heralded as…

Canada energy and trade woes will disrupt politics

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CANADA

Kenney’s comments add fuel to an interprovincial ideological and trade dispute between Alberta and British Columbia over oil and climate change that shows no signs of speedy…

Belarus will pay more for oil as Russia gets tough

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BELARUS/RUSSIA

Lukashenka has made it clear he believes Russia is using oil and gas as weapons to bend him to its will and said two weeks ago that the Belarusian nation would 'eat him alive' if…

Rise in Polish health spending could be more ambitious

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POLAND

This has resulted in the limited availability of a range of health services and in structural problems, including insufficient human resources and public hospital debts. However…

Taming tech serves Seoul’s political and policy aims

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SOUTH KOREA

Most notably, on August 31 the National Assembly (NA), which Moon’s Democrats (DP) control, revised the Telecommunications Business Act (TBA). Known locally as the ‘Anti-Google…

Museveni may struggle to contain rising popular anger

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UGANDA

The demonstrations reflect rising anti-government sentiment, given impetus by a contested by-election that descended into violence and led to the arrest, prosecution and alleged…

Multiple pressures may focus Chadian rebel activity

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CHAD

On March 5, Chad closed its border with Libya and applied heightened security restrictions in the north. This follows a major incursion in February by Chadian rebels from Libya…

Third term bid will cloud Zambian funding prospects

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ZAMBIA

A recent IMF mission reported considerable progress towards agreement on a proposed 1.2-billion-dollar rescue package. However, the increasingly authoritarian bent of the…

US infrastructure may offer investment opportunities

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UNITED STATES

As the federal government appears likely to meet only the minimum requirements for funding infrastructure, more of the burden is shifting to states. Decades of underfunding and…

New Croatian government must tackle structural malaise

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CROATIA

Croatia's new government.