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Pakistan, Bangladesh fail to tackle online violence

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SOUTH ASIA

However, women as well as gender minorities in these countries have experienced an uptick in cyberviolence in recent years. Most existing laws lack clear definition on what…

United Arab Emirates’ visa changes will draw criticism

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

The amendments aim to attract highly skilled workers and entrepreneurs with significant assets. These are part of a wider set of changes introduced over the past two years in an…

Ecuador’s Noboa will struggle in office

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ECUADOR

His rival, Luisa Gonzalez of the leftist Citizen Revolution (RC), has recognised the result. Noboa, who belongs to one of Ecuador’s wealthiest families, will take office next…

Doubts persist in Paraguay despite economic optimism

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PARAGUAY

The following week, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved imports of Paraguayan beef for the first time in 26 years. These positive developments come at a time of…

Ecuador’s election run-off result will be tight

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ECUADOR

National legislative elections were also dominated by RC, which took nearly 40% of the vote. Two referendums on limiting extractive activities were held alongside the elections;…

French government faces tough parliamentary hurdles

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FRANCE

The minority government faces significant opposition to its medium-term financial plans, next year’s deficit-reducing budget and immigration reforms.

Meade faces tough balancing act in Mexico election

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MEXICO

The move prompted a reshuffle of positions by President Enrique Pena Nieto, who the following day also announced the appointment of a new Bank of Mexico (Banxico) governor…

Peru raps Pluspetrol following environmental protests

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PERU

The government has ordered Pluspetrol, which owns and operates key oil and gas concessions, to abandon its exploratory activities in the central jungle region, following protests…

Coalition party will decide Slovak government’s fate

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SLOVAKIA

The president’s statement reflects a widespread crisis of trust in the government a week after investigative journalist Jan Kuciak was found shot dead with his fiancee Martina…

Anti-government mood will go on after Armenian crisis

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ARMENIA

Sargsyan referred to pledges to observe the ceasefire, allow more international monitors and investigate clashes. There was no official mention of conceding Armenian-controlled…