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Federal disaster help is crucial but costs are rising

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UNITED STATES

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) delivers federal disaster assistance and often needs supplemental funding

Democrats are losing support among MENA-origin voters

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UNITED STATES

President Biden’s Gaza policy is costing Democrats support from voters identifying as Middle East/North African (MENA)

Russia is winning the energy war with Ukraine

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UKRAINE

Russia and Ukraine have struck each other’s energy infrastructure, with Moscow inflicting the most damage

Cambodia canal plan will be increasingly contentious

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CAMBODIA

The government is under the spotlight over its plan for a canal linking the Mekong river to the Cambodian coast

Near- and friend-shoring markedly alter trade flows

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INT

The United States, Europe and Japan are trading more together and less with China, which is trading more with Russia

Closest-fought US state in 2020 will be close again

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UNITED STATES

Both presidential campaigns believe they can win Arizona, the state with the smallest margin of victory in 2020

The world economic downturn will be mild but prolonged

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INT

Core CPI is easing towards 2% official targets in major nations, but not fast enough for rate cuts to boost 2024 growth

Policy is key to curbing the forces driving inequality

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INT

The rich are getting richer globally but policies fostering redistribution, diversification and growth can check this

Official aid is under pressure; private aid is growing

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INT

Large US budget cuts risk squeezing public foreign aid, but more private co-funding may fill some of the gap

Policy can prevent productivity pay gaps proliferating

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INT

The widening US productivity pay gap, where GDP gains are paid to workers less and less, is not replicated globally