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Syriza is likely to win autumn elections in Greece

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GREECE

The reforms will allow the release of fresh funding for banks and a bridging loan to meet debt obligations to the IMF and ECB. A quarter of Syriza deputies rebelled, but…

Stability in Yemen awaits deal on new political order

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YEMEN

This, combined with a conciliatory speech from Huthi leader Abd al-Malik al-Huthi, signals that a compromise may be negotiated to end the impasse triggered by the resignation of…

UK-EU compromise is more likely than not

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UK/EU

Truss adopted a hard-line stance on the protocol in her bid to win the race to become new Conservative Party leader and prime minister. Despite focusing on other issues when she…

Yemen conflict will drag on despite peace moves

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YEMEN

The year-long campaign to reverse gains made by Huthi militants and forces loyal to former President Ali Abdallah Saleh had been in stalemate for several months. However, in…

CAI threatens to undermine EU-US cooperation on China

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EU/CHINA

Under the CAI, which is the first economic agreement between the EU and China, Beijing made most of the concessions in order to get a deal agreed before US President Joe Biden’s…

Maduro and Guaido face mounting schisms in Venezuela

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VENEZUELA

President Nicolas Maduro's government pulled out of talks with Guaido scheduled to be held in Barbados last week. This was in protest at a further escalation of US sanctions on…

COP28 actions will fall short of Paris goals

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INTERNATIONAL

Hopes of a leap forward in implementing the 2015 Paris Agreement largely fell flat, despite a historic acknowledgement of the need to “transition away” from fossil fuels in order…

China will muddle through incoherently on Ukraine

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CHINA

Supply chain disruptions add to those created by China's ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns. Strategic tensions with the West are a price Beijing accepts for defending its own core…

Violence may weaken FARC's position in Colombia talks

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COLOMBIA

Colombia confidence measures

Economic pressure on Nicaragua may wear Ortega down

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NICARAGUA

Nicaragua crisis.