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Swiss asylum reform may be a model for Europe

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SWITZERLAND

The two main objectives of the reform are to speed up asylum procedures and reduce costs. Asylum seekers will also be provided with free legal assistance.

Lack of feminicide strategy will fail Mexican women

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MEXICO

Gender violence.

Zagreb city boss’s death will upend Croatian politics

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CROATIA

Municipal elections on May 16 will be particularly significant in Zagreb, where Bandic’s death lays wide open Croatia’s third-most-important political contest, after those for…

Local resistance to herbicides will mount in Argentina

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ARGENTINA

Agrochemicals and health.

Philippine poll front runner will hold onto lead

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PHILIPPINES

On April 25, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) cancelled the last two live televised presidential debates it had organised because of scheduling difficulties arising from…

Five-party Latvian government may not last full term

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LATVIA

Latvia’s new government.

Erdogan intervention may help reduce gender violence

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TURKEY

Violence against women.

Puerto Rico control board will squeeze debt holdouts

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PUERTO RICO

The announcement would mark the largest subnational bankruptcy in US history, with Puerto Rico facing debt obligations of 73 billion dollars from an array of public entities and…

Modi’s Kashmir move puts India-Pakistan ties on brink

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INDIA/PAKISTAN

Consequences of India revoking Jammu and Kashmir's special constitutional status.

Mexico security may deteriorate further in 2017

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MEXICO

Crime trends in Mexico.