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Russia's leaders fear public wrath more than Omicron

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RUSSIA

A parallel bill requiring people to show electronic QR codes for train and air travel has been withdrawn. Both bills were halted by public opposition and President Vladimir…

Paris climate summit aims to avoid Copenhagen mistakes

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INTERNATIONAL

Climate policy will be of high international attention in the lead up to the UN's climate change summit in Paris in December (COP 21). The political and economic climate makes it…

New government will strengthen EU values in Lithuania

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LITHUANIA

The Homeland Union-Christian Democrat (TS-LDK)-led government sworn in on December 11 will make no changes to Lithuania’s US- and EU-aligned and anti-Moscow foreign policy. The…

Russia's governors seem set up to fail on COVID-19

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RUSSIA

The governors have not been given meaningful new powers or substantial funding and have limited scope for independent action. Instead of backing them, Putin is warning them of…

Penal code changes will not kill off Bolivia protests

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BOLIVIA

The repeal will help defuse an issue that has provoked widespread demonstrations recently. Yet the opposition plans to ramp up protests over Morales’s determination to run for…

Sonko protests will embolden Senegal’s opposition

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SENEGAL

He had been arrested for disrupting public disorder and attending an illegal demonstration after protests erupted as he responded to a court summons concerning rape allegations…

Opposition win portends policy gridlock in Seoul

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SOUTH KOREA

The ruling conservative People Power Party (PPP) will take scant consolation from avoiding an opposition supermajority, as it needed a win to take control of the assembly and…

Discontent with AMLO to grow among indigenous Mexicans

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MEXICO

Government-indigenous relations.

Brazil's Bolsonaro will become increasingly isolated

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BRAZIL

The moves raised concerns that Bolsonaro was preparing the ground for a new coup as he faced growing criticism of his mishandling of the pandemic and the economic and social…

Bonn meetings will be key in global climate deal

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INTERNATIONAL

The most important climate summit since the 1997 Kyoto gathering will open in Paris at end-November, with the goal of producing the first universal binding climate treaty ever…