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Western Cape water crisis will hit regional economy

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SOUTH AFRICA

The Western Cape province has been declared a disaster area as it deals with its worst drought for over 100 years. The provincial government run by the Democratic Alliance (DA…

Hungarian businesses are in hiring mood again

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HUNGARY

Overall labour market figures have improved considerably in the past decade, and the traditionally low employment rate has now risen above the EU average. However, the…

Pandemic education losses to worsen Mexico inequality

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MEXICO

Concerns about the Omicron variant saw twelve states reject Ministry of Education (SEP) calls for in-person pre-primary, primary and lower-secondary classes to resume on January…

COVID-19 may hit less resilient EU eastern areas more

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EU

At least in the EU’s eleven eastern member states (EU-11), there has been significant if slow progress in lifting standards of living across the board in the past decade…

South Africa’s government faces major tax dilemmas

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SOUTH AFRICA

Wealth, inheritance and ‘solidarity’ taxes are being considered -- with the latter recently flagged as one solution to pay for COVID-19 vaccine procurement and pandemic-related…

Doctors’ strike may spell crisis for Seoul

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SOUTH KOREA

President Yoon Suk-yeol’s administration aims to remedy a chronic shortage of doctors in South Korea. Public opinion is firmly behind Yoon, but the KMA has enjoyed past success in…

Demographic dividend has been wasted in Brazil

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BRAZIL

In much of the world, COVID-19 has exacted a heavy toll on young people, who saw their education disrupted and were frequently the first victims of the impact on labour markets…

Meteorology will be key in global climate change fight

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INTERNATIONAL

The outgoing WMO head, Michel Jarraud, has placed strong emphasis on upgrading observational infrastructure and working methods of the meteorological profession to help countries…

Worldwide cyber risk coverage is fast evolving

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INTERNATIONAL

The WannaCry malware spread worldwide, affecting the healthcare, manufacturing, telecommunications, utilities, transportation and education sectors. On June 27, another ransomware…

Opposition weakness will help Polish ruling coalition

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POLAND

At the beginning of 2021, the ZP coalition of the Law and Justice (PiS), Accord and United Poland (SP) parties is stable, but not as strong as it has been in previous years. This…