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IMF-backed reforms may expand Egypt informal sector

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EGYPT

The price increases are part of President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi’s economic deal with the IMF for the disbursement of the fourth tranche of a 12-billion-dollar loan package which…

Mexico's June elections face serious crime risk

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MEXICO

The weakness of state and local level institutions is encouraging more intervention from Mexico City.

Venezuela election uncertainty will bring instability

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VENEZUELA

The opposition remains confident that it will win the presidential contest on July 28. However, either defeat or victory will likely bring protests and pockets of political…

Raising productivity is key to expanding UK industry

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UNITED KINGDOM

New UK industrial strategy suggests a bottom-up approach to raise productivity.

Washington may eventually compromise with Pyongyang

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NORTH KOREA

North Korea's nuclear weapons programme.

Congo attack will accentuate peacekeeping challenges

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CONGO-KINSHASA

This was the deadliest attack against UN-mandated soldiers in MONUSCO’s history, as scores of heavily armed men attacked an entire company. Located in North Kivu’s Beni Territory…

Citizen buy-in is key to effective city surveillance

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INTERNATIONAL

City surveillance.

Only vaccines or drugs will end social distancing

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INTERNATIONAL

Studies currently estimate that only a small fraction of people were infected prior to strict social-distancing enforcement. A major second wave of COVID-19 cases and deaths is…

Mental illness is rising among young US adults

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UNITED STATES

Proposition 1, backed by Governor Gavin Newsom, was partly prompted by the rise in homelessness in Los Angeles linked to the inability of mental health services to keep up with…

Libya stabilisation force could be counterproductive

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LIBYA

This is part of UN-facilitated talks to agree on a national unity government that would end the political power struggle driving Libya's civil war. Should a Government of National…