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Prospects for the future of work in 2019-23

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PROSPECTS 2019-23

Prospects for the future of work in 2019-23.

Australia visa changes respond to mounting pressures

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AUSTRALIA

The reforms follow a review of migration policy completed last year which found the current system to be not fit for purpose as many migrants were no longer easing shortages of…

Global manufacturing growth will slow into 2022

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INTERNATIONAL

Production increased at near-record rates in the West. Growth was also strong in East Asia, based on export demand, but weaker in key emerging markets in South Asia, South-east…

Demographic changes will challenge German SMEs

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GERMANY

Challenges facing Germany's 'Mittelstand'.

Further Romanian growth will require structural reform

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ROMANIA

Growth prospects.

South African judiciary will face more attacks

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SOUTH AFRICA

As outgoing Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng’s term ended in October, Ramaphosa named four candidates to be assessed by the Judicial Services Commission (JSC) in February 2022 before…

AI 'companions' will become common

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INT

They are represented by realistic-looking human avatars, with whom people can form one-to-one social relationships. Today, the number of people with such AI companions likely…

Afghan drug production could boom

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AFGHANISTAN

Anti-drugs rhetoric from senior Taliban figures is intended to allay such concerns, but a sustainable anti-opium strategy would be difficult and destabilising for the Taliban to…

US immigration bill looms over Indian IT sector

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INDIA

The US immigration bill and its impact on the Indian IT sector.

EU-US economic ties will survive testing US policies

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INTERNATIONAL

EU-US ties.