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Concerns about harmful content on Twitter/X will rise

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INT

While other social media platforms are witnessing a similar increase in harmful content, that at Twitter/X has been the most dramatic, making it a particularly problematic but…

Crisis spillover fears may drive Venezuela dialogue

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VENEZUELA

This follows preliminary talks and the establishing of a six-country group of friends to support a persistently frustrated negotiation process. While worsening an already dire…

EU recovery fund will be vital for fiscal reform

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EU

Reform is needed if hard-hit, highly indebted countries are to pursue pro-growth policies over the coming years. The extent of reform will depend on a number of factors…

Lower rates will return, amplify and raise challenges

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INTERNATIONAL

The identification of the impact of wars and pandemics on interest rates has been difficult for lack of data. Recent research efforts have overcome this. Pandemics tend to push…

Saudi social change will lag, especially for women

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SAUDI ARABIA

Nearly a year into the ‘Vision 2030’ strategic plan, Riyadh is also seeking to boost the economy and combat boredom among Saudi youth through some cautious steps towards social…

US rank choice voting could encourage moderate shift

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UNITED STATES

This will make it the largest jurisdiction in the United States to use RCV in an election. Maine became the first state in the United States to use RCV in the 2018 midterm…

US political divisions will remain deeply entrenched

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UNITED STATES

The January 6 assault on the Capitol, which triggered the impeachment, followed a period in which those divisions reached a new level of intensity.

New Libya government will reconfigure landscape again

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LIBYA

The GNU has a limited mandate of ten months before it oversees elections on December 24. It will first need to organise a referendum on the controversial constitution draft of…