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Water demands of AI will elicit rising scrutiny

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INT

Research into AI's ‘thirst’ for fresh water is proliferating

EV uptake to change US economy and politics

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UNITED STATES

The United States has drawn huge investments from rivals in the race to electrify transport and create green jobs

Short-haul leisure travel leads the tourism recovery

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INT

Tourism should rebound by 2024; structural shifts mean the shape and pace of the rebound will vary by region and sector

Weak long-run growth raises risks to the world economy

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INTERNATIONAL

Global GDP will grow by less this decade than the past unless there is a surprise uptick in productivity

Ripple effects of cheap oil will reach far and wide

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INT

With oil prices set to remain subdued in 2016, their impact will start to bite

Policy can prevent productivity pay gaps proliferating

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INT

The widening US productivity pay gap, where GDP gains are paid to workers less and less, is not replicated globally

Nigeria will not divert FDI from South Africa

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AF

Divergent strengths and weakness will determine how Africa's largest economies emerge from the recent growth wobble

Persistently high food prices may spark social unrest

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INT

Cereal grains such as wheat provide essential sustenance to humans and animals; price surges raise risks of food crises