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Zambia's economic problems to persist as IMF beckons

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ZAMBIA

Prospects for an IMF programme.

Time has come to close more Polish coal mines

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POLAND

Efforts to tackle financial problems at state-owned coal miner Polska Grupa Gornicza (PGG) were deferred during the two-year election cycle which ended in July. PGG faces the…

Wages and jobs complicate Argentine election outlook

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ARGENTINA

The strike was prompted by unions' rejection of the 27% ceiling the government attempted to impose on wage rises. With this ceiling, real wages will suffer further given existing…

Arms issue could quash Palestinian reconciliation

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PALESTINIANS

This came after US Special Envoy Jason Greenblatt set conditions for the engagement of a future Palestinian unity government in peace negotiations that closely echoed Israeli…

Italy is likely to go back to the polls in September

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ITALY

Coalition negotiations have been transformed from a policy battle between parties into a constitutional clash between the parties and the president.

South Africa’s COSATU may struggle to have influence

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SOUTH AFRICA

A squeezed economic climate, growing challenges from rivals and uncertainty over its relationship with the ruling ANC present the federation’s leadership with an existential…

US TPP implementation faces major hurdles in Congress

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UNITED STATES

The Obama administration faces an uphill fight in Congress to secure enough votes for TPP ratification, given Democratic suspicions of free trade agreements, Republican animus for…

US colleges are under political and financial pressure

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UNITED STATES

The move by non-tenure-track faculty and post-doctoral researchers came two months after Claudine Gay resigned under pressure as the university’s president. The two developments…

Election will revive EU-UK tension on Northern Ireland

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UNITED KINGDOM

According to the polls, the nationalist Sinn Fein (SF) is on course to overtake the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and become Northern Ireland's largest party for the first time…

Ryan speakership is unlikely to unify US Republicans

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UNITED STATES

Ryan's predecessor, John Boehner, was driven to resign by hardliner members of the House Republican Conference. Party disunity during the Boehner speakership led to legislative…