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India is playing catch-up on COVID-19 management

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INDIA

Although it has one of the lowest case fatality rates globally, it has registered more coronavirus deaths per million of population than most other South Asian countries. Its…

International diamond market will evolve further

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INTERNATIONAL

There are growing doubts about the commercial viability of the synthetic diamond sector, which has in recent years reshaped the international diamond market. LGDs have opened…

Prospects for artificial intelligence in 2017-22

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PROSPECTS 2017-22

AI has become a disruptive technology, permeating all aspects of society. Already, AI has automated certain tasks -- such as traffic management and item retrieval in warehouses -…

Lebanon will likely back new waste incinerators

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LEBANON

That reflects the state’s failure to address waste management challenges. During his 2014-19 tenure, unpopular Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk failed to find a permanent solution…

Olympics show strengths and flaws of Russia in crisis

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RUSSIA

He joined other senior officials in condemning the August 23 decision by the Court for Arbitration in Sport to uphold the International Paralympic Committee's ban on the Russian…

Reform will streamline science and technology in China

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CHINA

The new body is part of a major restructuring of the administration. At its apex stands a new Central Commission for Science and Technology, which President Xi Jinping is likely…

Striking Afghan heroin labs will not defeat Taliban

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AFGHANISTAN

The Taliban and the opium trade.

South African government’s GBV plans may disappoint

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SOUTH AFRICA

Although President Cyril Ramaphosa has publicly committed to increase funding to combat what he calls South Africa’s “second pandemic”, there is a lack of transparency in how the…

Athens braces for battle on school reform

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GREECE

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Education Minister Niki Kerameus announced the reform on June 28. It includes hiring 11,700 elementary and high-school teachers on tenured…

US opium raids unlikely to weaken Afghan Taliban

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AFGHANISTAN

Mixed successes in the US air war on Afghan drugs.