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INDIA/ARCTIC – Delhi to the Arctic via Paris (Chaitanya Giri, Gateway House)

India’s pledge to the Paris Agreement gives it the flexibility to confidently place its climate action policies across various multilaterals. Although an observer of...

DIGITAL GOVERNMENT REFORM – How the pandemic make the case for digital government reform (James Stewart, IRPP)

https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/december-2020/how-the-pandemic-made-the-case-for-digital-government-reform/

CANADA – Lifting Singles Out of Deep Poverty: The Case for Increasing Social Assistance Benefits (Nick Falvo, IRPP)

https://irpp.org/research-studies/lifting-singles-out-of-deep-poverty-the-case-for-increasing-social-assistance-benefits/

INDIA – Indian farmers reject new proposals, threaten to step up protests (Bilal Kuchay, Al Jazeera)

Indian farmer unions have rejected the latest proposal by the government to amend controversial new farm laws and have warned they will intensify their...

ETHIOPIA – Ethiopia rejects independent probes into Tigray conflict (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopia’s government is rejecting calls for independent investigations into the deadly conflict in its Tigray region, saying it “doesn’t need a babysitter”. The declaration by...

IRAN – Rouhani: ‘No negotiations’ needed to restore Iran nuclear deal (Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera)

Iran’s nuclear deal can be restored without negotiations despite recent escalations following the assassination of a top nuclear scientist, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has...

INDIA/UAE/SAUDI ARABIA – India army chief embarks on ‘historic’ trip to UAE, Saudi Arabia (Bilal Kuchay, Al Jazeera)

India’s army chief Manoj Mukund Naravane has embarked on an “historic” six-day visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia, the first...

LEBANON – Lebanon’s Hezbollah sues PM Saad Hariri’s brother Bahaa over Beirut blast accusation (Al Arabiya)

Bahaa Hariri at World Economic Forum (Supplied). Lebanon’s Hezbollah is suing the estranged brother of the country’s Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri after he accused the...

SAUDI ARABIA/PALESTINE – Saudi Arabia stands with the Palestinian cause (Bakir Oweida, Al Arabiya)

A Palestinian man reads the front page of Al-Quds newspaper at the al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site, in the old city of...

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