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Afghan foreign relations reach a crossroads

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AFGHANISTAN

The meeting included discussion on how to tackle the crisis created by the Taliban government’s ban on Afghan women working for the UN. On May 6, the fifth…

Amazon-NYC reversal will aid PPPs in other cities

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UNITED STATES

Corporate incentives to cities.

New Indian alliance may struggle to get poll-ready

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INDIA

The alliance was formed to strengthen the opposition challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will…

South African government faces public-sector showdown

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SOUTH AFRICA

The negotiations follow the government’s refusal last year to pay the final annual tranche of a previous three-year deal. Containing the public-sector wage bill is seen as key for…

Syriza may be troika's best hope for Greek deal

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EURO-AREA

Unexpected outcomes in the Greece-troika imbroglio.

Budget gains may mask Serbia's slow structural reform

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SERBIA

The cabinet enters office just in time to host a fresh visit from the IMF, expected later this month. Despite another landslide victory in parliamentary elections on April 24…

EU-US economic ties will survive testing US policies

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INTERNATIONAL

EU-US ties.

Brexit will be damaging for UK-EU services trade

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UK/EU

Even if it succeeds, this will have a greater disruptive impact on the trade in services than goods, because the EU’s single market enables greater cross-border services trade…

Afghan Taliban will put much hope in mining

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AFGHANISTAN

The firms aim to extract gold, lead, zinc, iron ore and copper across several Afghan provinces. Earlier this year, Afghanistan agreed a major contract relating to oil extraction…

Strains of war are beginning to show in Russia

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RUSSIA

The invasion of Ukraine is causing strains in Russian society to show, with opposition to another mobilisation and rising appetite for peace talks. The economy is overheating in…