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AI use will become central to corporate recruitment

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INT

Using AIs can expand the candidate pool and increase diversity, automate the screening of applicants, making hiring quicker and thus cheaper, and provide companies with more…

Burkina Faso reforms are unlikely to stem violence

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BURKINA FASO

Following a relative slackening of activity, 480 civilians were killed between May and August alone, bringing the total number of Burkinabe deaths since the first attacks in 2015…

Russian-US rift too great for summits to bring detente

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RUSSIA/US

The White House and the Kremlin have released few details of the summit's agenda, though it is known the two presidents discussed alleged Russian election interference, Syria and…

Saudi Aramco will double down on digitisation efforts

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SAUDI ARABIA

The Infosys agreement is among a series of other deals Aramco has signed in the digital sphere so far in 2023, underlining its intention to accelerate its digital transformation…

Manufacturing faces growth barriers in Middle East

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MIDDLE EAST

Manufacturing in the Middle East and North Africa.

Impact investing will build more momentum worldwide

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INTERNATIONAL

Impact investment.

Weaker finance context would test all emerging markets

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INTERNATIONAL

These markets are benefitting from the softer US dollar and improved investor perceptions of central bank credibility. However, destabilising factors loom on the horizon.

AI global surge creates environmental paradox

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INT

This creates a paradox, since, while AI-generated solutions are crucial to help solve the climate emergency, their very deployment is also adding to the problem. To tackle this…

South Africa faces long-term threats to stability

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SOUTH AFRICA

This reflects concerns over systemic corruption, high-level impunity, ruling party dysfunction, growing criminality and violence and infrastructure failures, among other…

Mine attack may seek to break inter-Korea impasse

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KOREAS

In language more typical of Pyongyang, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff on August 10 promised a "pitiless penalty" for what is the first inter-Korean bloodshed since 2010. The…