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The Supreme Court will foster US polarisation

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UNITED STATES

Although public confidence in the Court is falling, there is little chance that Congress will impose any structural changes, or even a code of conduct. Further conservative…

US colleges are under political and financial pressure

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UNITED STATES

The move by non-tenure-track faculty and post-doctoral researchers came two months after Claudine Gay resigned under pressure as the university’s president. The two developments…

Tehran will weigh options to contain plane protests

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IRAN

The authorities’ belated admission of the error, on January 11, sparked new waves of student-led protests across several cities, with outspoken slogans targeting the supreme…

China's three-children policy will see limited success

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CHINA

This year it increased the limit to three. The one-child policy has served more to exacerbate than to alleviate demographic problems, leaving China with an ageing population and…

Central Asia faces COVID-19 surge and resurgence risks

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CENTRAL ASIA

Like Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan took timely action when evidence of COVID-19 emerged. Their governments' claim of effective management may prove justified but is…

US Supreme Court will battle to shore up legitimacy

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UNITED STATES

Although much of its docket remains to be filled, it has chosen to address some of the country’s most politically contentious topics. It has scheduled arguments on cases that will…

Telemedicine use will surge but policy support is key

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INTERNATIONAL

Telemedicine.

US migration policy poses a tough balancing act

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CENTRAL AMERICA/US

The move, designed to ease migrant outflows from the sub-region by improving work opportunities and living standards, forms part of a broader effort by the Biden administration to…

Policy flaws may prolong Mexican poverty setbacks

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MEXICO

Significant increases were recorded in numbers of people defined as poor and extremely poor. This is largely due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, but deficiencies in…

COVID-19 will test North Korea severely on many fronts

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NORTH KOREA

North Korea's population is extremely vulnerable. Nobody is vaccinated and many people are undernourished. Sanitation is poor and hospitals are primitive. A strict nationwide…