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AFRICA – Hope for a more prosperous Africa beyond COVID-19 (UNECA)

Beyond the dark cloud of the COVID-19 pandemic is a silver lining of a more sustainably prosperous Africa.  This was the message from the...

AFRICA – Dealing with the micro- and macroeconomic impacts of COVID-19 on Africa (UNECA)

Experts agree that Africa’s governments will have to strike a balance between health, economic and social policy interventions in the coming months to mitigate...

CHINA/UIGHUR – China uses big data to select Muslims for arrest in Xinjiang: HRW (Al Jazeera)

A big-data program in China’s Xinjiang “arbitrarily selects” Muslims for detention, flagging behaviour such as wearing a veil, studying the Quran or going on...

AUSTRALIA/GOOGLE/FACEBOOK – In partial victory, Google and Facebook win Australia concession (Al Jazeera)

Google and Facebook Inc. won a key concession in Australia as the government unveiled details of a world-first law to force the digital giants...

UK/USA – UK says will drop tariffs on US goods to ease aircraft trade dispute (Al Jazeera)

The United Kingdom will suspend retaliatory tariffs imposed on US goods as part of a dispute over aircraft subsidies from January 1, the trade...

AUSTRALIA/CHINA BELT AND ROAD – New law allows Australia to scrap China Belt and Road plans (Al Jazeera)

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has new powers to veto or scrap agreements that state governments reach with foreign powers under laws that could stymie...

UAE/GULF CRISIS – UAE sees ‘seeds of progress’ on Gulf crisis, says envoy to US (Al Jazeera)

There were “seeds of progress” in resolving a long-running Gulf Arab dispute and a commitment to “tone things down” as the parties work for...

DISPLACED PEOPLE – Number of displaced people globally tops 80 million in 2020: UN (Al Jazeera)

Despite calls for ceasefires and compassion amid the coronavirus pandemic, violence and persecution have continued to force people from their homes, with record numbers...

ISRAEL/IRAN – What is Israel’s secret weapon against Iran? (Hamid Dabashi, Al Jazeera)

There is much reason to believe, but obviously no hard evidence to prove, that Israel is behind the most recent assassination of yet another...

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