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Anti-disinformation approaches will proliferate

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INT

However, these efforts are neither universally applied nor commonly accepted. The proliferation of frameworks to combat disinformation demonstrates shared motivations among…

Rising emissions worsen global disaster risks

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INTERNATIONAL

Climate and disaster risk.

Somali offensive against al-Shabaab faces setbacks

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SOMALIA

This follows multiple political and military setbacks in the FGS’s offensive against jihadist group al-Shabaab, which has delivered notable gains over the past year but is now at…

Syrian reconstruction plans will multiply

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SYRIA

The five-year war in Syria has caused significant damage to urban infrastructure. Negotiations convened by Russia and Turkey in Astana, Kazakhstan, have raised expectations of a…

Earthquake impacts will deepen Haiti's economic woes

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HAITI

A lack of fiscal buffers to mitigate the pandemic’s dramatic consequences has increased Haiti’s dependence on international financial assistance, while a recent earthquake has…

EU and United States diverge on gene-edited crops

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INTERNATIONAL

Regulation of gene-edited organisms.

International climate finance will remain inadequate

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INTERNATIONAL

The move comes amid growing pressure for action to address climate change and help developing nations adapt to its impacts, and tensions between developed and developing countries…

Global spyware industry will expand despite scrutiny

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INTERNATIONAL

Public and political scrutiny of the surveillance-for-hire industry has intensified ever since the Pegasus scandal broke last year. This has been aided by efforts by several large…

Industry needs may prompt East European school reform

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EASTERN EUROPE

PISA measures, internationally, 15-year-olds’ ability to use their reading, mathematics and science knowledge and skills to meet real-life challenges. For the Visegrad Four (V4 -…

Syria reconstruction prospects may deteriorate further

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SYRIA

In fact, ten years after that conflict started, with President Bashar al-Assad still in control of two-thirds of the country, no foreign state shows any sign of making a major…