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Demographic shifts offer Biden hope in North Carolina

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UNITED STATES

A continuing influx of knowledge workers to North Carolina’s tech hubs should help Biden in a state he sees as winnable

Women will remain under-represented in US midterms

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UNITED STATES

A record number of women will run for state legislatures in 2022, but less than one-third running for Congress are women

Some forms of social distancing may persist for years

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INT

A growing body of research shows that only 5% of Western populations have had COVID-19

Regressive tax bill may offset rising US minimum wages

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UNITED STATES

Minimum wages rose in 22 states in 2017, adding impetus to rising wages for the lowest earners after years of stagnation

Tariffs will test not reconfigure global supply chains

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UNITED STATES-CHINA

The United States and China are imposing tariffs on over 50 billion dollars of the other’s imports -- and threaten more

Nuclear deal alters balance in Iran-Gulf 'Cold War'

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MIDDLE EAST

By removing the threat of US military action, the nuclear deal will empower Iran and spur Gulf Arab activism

Water demands of AI will elicit rising scrutiny

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INT

Research into AI's ‘thirst’ for fresh water is proliferating

Deaths of despair could hinder the economic recovery

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INT

Social isolation and economic uncertainties arising from COVID-19 lockdowns could prompt many more deaths of despair

Demography and past austerity raise the COVID-19 risks

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INT

COVID-19 particularly threatens the elderly; ageing populations and years of post-crisis austerity leave nations at risk

Pandemic response threatens climate funding shortfall

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INT

Low- and middle-income states must spend more than 1% of GDP a year on environmental protection but budgets may narrow