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Russia worries about food prices amid harvest plenty

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RUSSIA

Last year brought yet another large grain harvest and other farming sectors including meat and dairy performed well. However, a second year of export restrictions on wheat…

US policy shift on Cuba will bring little respite

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CUBA

The move comes as Cubans face a severe economic crisis and increasing hardship that is driving record outward migration. The collapse of Russian tourism and increased fuel and…

New Romanian cabinet's economic agenda may falter

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ROMANIA

The cabinet reshuffle is part of the coalition deal between Ciuca’s National Liberal Party (PNL), Ciolacu’s Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians…

Peace foray exposes South Africa’s diplomatic deficit

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SOUTH AFRICA

The mission represented one of the first concerted attempts by African governments to exert diplomatic influence outside the continent but ultimately failed to have any real…

Wickremesinghe’s position grows stronger in Sri Lanka

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SRI LANKA

President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who promised to deliver the amendment, assumed office in July amid a wave of protests that forced his predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign. As…

Support for Ireland’s opposition Sinn Fein is growing

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IRELAND

The governing parties are facing growing challenges amid the worsening cost-of-living crisis, which comes on top of a housing crisis and medium-to-long-term structural economic…

Summer of crisis will drive Cuban migration

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CUBA

However, while US policies are a pull-factor for migrants, recent domestic problems also provide powerful reasons to leave Cuba, which has fallen into the worst economic crisis…

Extended tariffs may push a US-China deal beyond 2020

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US/CHINA

US-China trade policy ahead.

Hungary’s economic policy needs fundamental change

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HUNGARY

The hike follows a 185-bp rise two weeks ago that failed to stem the forint sliding to low point of HUF417:EUR1. Inflation continues its steady rise, to 11.7% year-on-year in…

Full employment will boost US wage growth

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UNITED STATES

The jobless rate is expected to stay unchanged at 4.9%, its lowest level since November 2007. This decline occurred despite a rebound in the participation rate, up 0.5 percentage…