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War and sanctions will hit Russian consumer spending

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RUSSIA

The cost will increase pressure on households already experiencing declining real incomes and worrying about the military mobilisation which the government says has taken 300,000…

Despite wellbeing concerns, US adults are happier

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UNITED STATES

Biles provided a high-profile but not uncommon example of the deterioration of individual wellbeing in the United States. Many public health indicators were pointing in that…

US corporate duty of care faces reappraisal

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UNITED STATES

With the advent of President Joe Biden's administration, the country's experience with COVID-19 is becoming part of a new debate over whether healthcare should be a public good…

Pandemic deepens long-term risks to US women workers

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UNITED STATES

Women, especially those from minorities, are more likely to have dropped out of the labour force or moved to part-time or precarious employment. Jobs recovery has also been slower…

Pandemic has worsened several US societal problems

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UNITED STATES

While the pandemic has both amplified and illuminated areas of racial, gender and economic inequality, it has also overshadowed a range of worsening societal problems that had…

Social anxieties will drive pre-poll unrest in Zambia

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ZAMBIA

In part, the crackdown aims to contain unrest driven by frustration at the Patriotic Front (PF) government's handling of the weak economy and rising crime. The recent spate of…

Low-growth economy will shape post-Obama US politics

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UNITED STATES

Populist discontent with existing economic policies and anger about economic inequalities have featured in the US presidential struggle between Trump and Clinton. These anxieties…

Hong Kong's fiscal largesse will fail to buy support

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HONG KONG

The budget aims to stimulate economic growth and help small businesses and lower-income residents by redistributing public funds amounting to 34 billion Hong Kong dollars (4.4…

Provincial polls benefit the president more than Congo

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CONGO-KINSHASA

In all but one race, candidates loyal to President Felix Tshisekedi emerged victorious.

More US adults are experiencing loneliness

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UNITED STATES

Vivek Murthy, the surgeon general under the Obama and Trump administrations, has described loneliness as an epidemic and a public health crisis. Isolation increased during the…