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3-D printing will upend conventional manufacturing

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INTERNATIONAL

Medicine has been one of the pioneering areas of 3-D printing, which itself is one of the most significant current developments in manufacturing. The technology could…

Vaccine nationalism could prolong pandemic

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INT

Klugge is likely aiming to be optimistic. An effective COVID-19 vaccine is considered to be the only economically and humanely acceptable exit strategy for this pandemic…

Coca production is on the rise in Bolivia

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BOLIVIA

Coca production

3D printing will affect global commodity markets

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INTERNATIONAL

3D printing and its ramifications for commodities.

Corporate climate policy will survive oil downturn

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INTERNATIONAL

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), averting a 2 degree increase in global temperature would require US businesses to reduce emissions by 1.2…

Automation to have uneven impact on Sub-Saharan Africa

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AFRICA

This is significant since the region is projected to need 16-20 million new jobs each year to keep pace with population growth.

Trade now drives politics more than growth

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INTERNATIONAL

World trade and growth

Artificial intelligence will be a key test for the EU

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EU

This comes after member states paved the way for a common EU approach to AI at the EU’s Digital Day on April 9.

Pandemic drives changes to global illegal drugs trade

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INTERNATIONAL

The pandemic's impacts are unevenly distributed and mediated by factors such as drug type, business model, supply, manufacture and distribution chains, and intensity of…

Bolivian lithium sector development faces hurdles

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BOLIVIA

The country has been slow to develop its substantial lithium reserves, focusing its efforts on producing lithium batteries, but the Chinese deal promises to accelerate the…