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Brazil-France alliance may boost Amazon efforts

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BRAZIL

The four-year investment plan aims to support bio-economy initiatives, the creation of a carbon market and the preservation of Amazon indigenous communities and their knowledge…

Industry needs may prompt East European school reform

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EASTERN EUROPE

PISA measures, internationally, 15-year-olds’ ability to use their reading, mathematics and science knowledge and skills to meet real-life challenges. For the Visegrad Four (V4 -…

UK AI Summit will promote some global cooperation

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UK

It led to international commitments from major developing countries, and brought together US and Chinese governments, which have thus far sought to shape global AI principles…

AI's promise and pitfalls will affect key domains

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INT

AI promises to drive economic efficiencies across sectors, improve the delivery of critical services such as healthcare, democratise access to knowledge and skills, and tighten…

Russia’s high-tech sector will receive more support

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RUSSIA

After being targeted by Western sanctions, Russia’s high-tech sector has been boosted by the new opportunities created by the government’s import substitution programme, the…

Bahrain's energy transition will be slow

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BAHRAIN

Its sovereign wealth fund, Mumtalakat, announced on November 30 that it was establishing a USD750mn fund to invest in climate-related projects. On the same day, the Bahraini…

Beijing-Washington ties will be competition-based

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CHINA/UNITED STATES

Despite some positive short-term outcomes, the two sides’ read-outs reflect the structural nature of their competition and the limits that this places on cooperation.

Solutions struggle to cut EU small-firm funding woes

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EU

This financing gap -- between what SMEs require to meet expansion targets and what they can raise from internal or external sources -- has been estimated at 1.1-2.2% of GDP…

GenAI will test major 2024 national elections

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INT

Notable poll-bound countries include the United States, India, Russia, Ukraine, Indonesia, Egypt and South Africa, and possibly the United Kingdom. Textual and audio-visual…

China will keep treating private firms with disfavour

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CHINA

The NPC Standing Committee that same week expanded the State Secrets Law. Information clampdowns denting business confidence undermine efforts to boost the private sector and…