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Norway’s new coalition could prove fragile

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NORWAY

On September 11, Norwegian voters signalled their continued confidence in Solberg and her centre-right coalition government. After a very close election in which all governing…

South Africa's president will battle to stay on

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SOUTH AFRICA

This followed the publication of a public protector report the previous day outlining damaging evidence of alleged collusion between government ministers and Zuma associates, the…

Challenges for Norway’s premier will persist

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NORWAY

Among several factors, voters are disillusioned over persistent inflationary pressures and rising interest rates. The government’s image has also been damaged by its handling of a…

South Africa’s Zuma could face early exit

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SOUTH AFRICA

The news prompted a sharp drop in the value of the rand, its largest one-week fall against the dollar since 2015 and the previous sacking of a finance minister. Zuma’s decision…

Norway’s new government will favour continuity

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NORWAY

The Labour, Centre and Socialist Left parties together hold a majority of parliamentary seats. Labour and Centre seem certain to form the core of the government; they might rule…

Weak rare earth prices at odds with market prospects

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INTERNATIONAL

Investor sentiment has been dented by China’s large production quotas and the threat of substitution in magnet making. However, price-supporting production cuts are possible…

GPT-3 AI language tool calls for cautious optimism

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INT

It required arguably the single largest computational effort for a machine learning model to date, and is it capable of producing text at times indistinguishable from the work of…

Norway election is unlikely to alter energy policy

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NORWAY

Polls suggest that Conservative Party, which has led government for eight years, will not be re-elected. The smaller parties which the Conservatives usually rely on for…

South African foreign policy will see cosmetic changes

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SOUTH AFRICA

South African foreign policy.

Stronger Angolan opposition unlikely to triumph

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ANGOLA

With Dos Santos set to step down as president following this year's legislative elections, the country’s opposition is emboldened and hopes to capitalise on apparent disunity and…