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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%

EU population is becoming more urban

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EU

Trend for people to move to towns and cities is gaining momentum now in Central-Eastern Europe

Policy on ‘globesity’ epidemic must shed urban bias

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INT

Approaches to tackling the rise in overweight and obese populations have tended to ignore alarming rural trends

Urban-rural divide is growing in main EU countries

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EUROPE

Regions throughout Europe’s largest economies are being left behind by cities

Iran’s unrest may focus on central and western cities

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IRAN

Prices increased in anticipation of renewed sanctions, with Tehran and western provinces being the worst affected

Africa may face uncontrollable COVID-19 crisis

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AFRICA

In just over a month since the first infection, the COVID-19 virus has spread rapidly across the continent

Climate change impacts will hit North African coasts

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NORTH AFRICA

North African populations are concentrated along the coastline, which leaves them particularly exposed to sea-level rise

Cities are at the forefront of global warming threats

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INT

As cities become hotter, the threats they face are rapidly increasing, particularly for those near the coasts

Deaths of despair could hinder the economic recovery

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INT

Social isolation and economic uncertainties arising from COVID-19 lockdowns could prompt many more deaths of despair

Ethiopia faces risk of destabilising Amhara insurgency

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ETHIOPIA

With the war in Tigray still not fully resolved, another war threatens to erupt around Amhara region