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US Supreme Court moves quickly on conservative agenda

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UNITED STATES

A majority of the Court's members are now prepared to risk its institutional legitimacy by overturning precedents and altering legal doctrines that would have remained in place…

Prices may rise if lending picks up in major economies

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INTERNATIONAL

Similar fears accompanied the 2008-09 anti-crisis response, but did not come true. The main reason is that, while quantitative easing and other measures boost the monetary base…

US Fed policy faces inflation balancing act

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UNITED STATES

Last month’s rate rise of 0.75% followed a similar rise in June, taking the rate to 2.5% from 0.15% in January. They show a serious effort to tackle inflation, which has not…

Concern at opaque US Supreme Court rulings grows

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UNITED STATES

The Court’s institutional legitimacy to interpret and sometimes invalidate laws affecting major issues may be undercut by this resort to procedural shortcuts, as they remove the…

Anti-Semitic violence is rising in France

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FRANCE

Anti-Semitism in France.

Russia will find it harder to tackle US-EU coalition

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US/RUSSIA

Billed by US and UK officials as the largest-ever mass expulsion of Russian diplomatic personnel, this is an unexpected show of common will. The United States alone is expelling…

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…

Big tech's anti-Trump activism to have limited impact

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INT

Facebook has indefinitely suspended Trump from its main platform and Instagram, while Twitter has done so permanently for his role in instigating violence at US Capitol Hill on…

Russia will factor in 'usual' responses to UK spy case

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RUSSIA/UK

The government is under pressure to attribute the attack to Russia but has so far insisted on gathering full evidence before doing so and setting out retaliatory steps. The attack…

US arms and nuclear pressure may force Iran reaction

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IRAN

The ban expires on October 18, under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the 2015 nuclear deal, from which Washington withdrew in 2018. If its extension efforts fail…