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United States: Working from office slow to recover

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UNITED STATES

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics has released data from 2021 indicating how the pandemic has changed where people work

Gender equality is a distant but achievable goal

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INT

There has been a robust rise in women’s access to non-agrarian employment and top political offices

Rising Argentina poverty brings long-term challenges

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ARGENTINA

Urban poverty rose from 40.1% in the first half of 2023 to 41.7% in the second, with indigence up from 9.3% to 11.9%

Popularity will perpetuate El Salvador gang crackdown

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EL SALVADOR

The president is hailing dramatically reduced homicide rates, but peace is coming at a heavy cost

Demography and past austerity raise the COVID-19 risks

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INT

COVID-19 particularly threatens the elderly; ageing populations and years of post-crisis austerity leave nations at risk

Foreign fighters could be decades-long global threat

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INT

Returning foreign fighters are often at the heart of jihadi recruitment and terror operations

Mexico's AMLO may be key to resolving caravan crisis

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MEXICO

A caravan of asylum seekers that left Honduras in October has sparked a wave of migration, and a crisis at the US border

Inheritance tax is poor answer to raising revenues

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INTERNATIONAL

Within the OECD, 16 countries levy no taxes on assets passed to linear heirs, while the average top rate is 14%

Methamphetamine is growing problem in South-east Asia

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SOUTH-EAST ASIA

Illegal trade in the synthetic drug is increasing in the region

Killings will refocus attention on Brazil’s Amazonia

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BRAZIL

The June murders of a UK journalist and a Brazilian rights activist will again spotlight environmental fears in Amazonia