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US vaping regulations are likely to tighten

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UNITED STATES

McConnell explained that his move is to crack down on middle and high school students increasingly using “tobacco products” and becoming “hooked”. This comes as a federal court on…

Lebanese health and education woes risk instability

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LEBANON

This is having highly negative economic and social consequences, with problematic implications for long-term growth and stability. The country’s already extreme inequality is…

New Colombian fiscal reform will pass but is flawed

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COLOMBIA

The plan avoids new taxes on individuals, instead increasing the fiscal burden on firms. The proposed measures aim to generate COP15.2tn (USD3.9bn) in new revenue, which would be…

Senegal’s crisis response may heighten tensions

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SENEGAL

This comes despite increasing cases of COVID-19 cases nationwide, with the government forced this week to postpone the planned return of school students after ten teachers tested…

Gender equality will not come quickly in Chile

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CHILE

Women's rights issues.

Iran’s slow COVID-19 vaccination will see long impacts

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IRAN

The slow pace of vaccination and the arrival of the Delta variant caused a deadly new pandemic crisis in Iran. However, the new government of President Ibrahim Raisi, like its…

New Zealand’s election looms as COVID-19 recedes

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NEW ZEALAND

The economy is recovering fast, while it has been weeks since a case of COVID-19 was acquired within New Zealand from an unknown source. The country’s challenge now is determining…

Pandemic will have severe impact on Mexican education

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MEXICO

It also appears not to have assessed the effectiveness of its home-learning strategy, established after schools were closed in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Without this…

US Supreme Court moves quickly on conservative agenda

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UNITED STATES

A majority of the Court's members are now prepared to risk its institutional legitimacy by overturning precedents and altering legal doctrines that would have remained in place…

Pandemic will worsen Latin American education outlook

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LATIN AMERICA

As of October 2020, only 13 countries in the region had fully reopened schools, UNICEF says. While in other parts of the world schools have gradually returned to in-classroom…