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The ECB will be slow to expand unconventional policy

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EU

While the Governing Council is divided over the issue, President Christine Lagarde appears to favour more active fiscal policy by member states to stabilise the European economy.

Doria could reach the presidency of a changing Brazil

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BRAZIL

A profile of Sao Paulo Mayor Joao Doria.

South-east Asia drone sales may raise terror risks

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

Drone sales to South-east Asia.

China's foray into South Asia is risky for both sides

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SOUTH ASIA

China's ties with smaller South Asian countries.

Czech anti-crisis measures will swell public debt

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CZECH REPUBLIC

Popular discontent is growing, because of rising prices, especially for energy, food and housing. Despite the government’s more transparent, pro-European and values-driven…

Bangladesh ties serve China's global strategy

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BANGLADESH/CHINA

China-Bangladesh ties.

Post-virus downturn could hurt Hungary’s government

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HUNGARY

The pandemic has strengthened Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s position in the short term. However, the government has done little on the economic front; a conservative stimulus…

US internet funding key but revitalisation needs more

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US

The new funding reopens a debate about technology’s role in revitalising distressed manufacturing communities across the Rust Belt, formerly the US industrial heartland stretching…

The EU will ramp up efforts to counter China’s BRI

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EU

Member states have asked the European Commission to spend the next nine months developing a plan containing “high impact and visible projects” to rival the BRI. While EU efforts…

Ethiopia’s security reforms aim to consolidate power

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ETHIOPIA

The announcement followed days of violent protests in Amhara region resisting ENDF efforts to confine the region’s special forces to their bases for disarmament. The move…