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KURDS/USA – What Biden can and cannot do for the Kurds (Yerevan Saeed, Al Jazeera)

Many Kurds across the Middle East welcomed Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump in the recent elections in the United States. The former vice...

GAZA – Life ‘extraordinarily difficult’ for people with disability (Al Jazeera)

People with disabilities can face an “extraordinarily difficult” life in the Gaza Strip due to the Israeli blockade and lack of assistance from Hamas...

INDIA – Indian movie superstar Rajinikanth will launch his own political party (Al Arabiya)

Indian movie superstar Rajinikanth said Thursday he plans to launch his own political party in southern India in January, ending years of speculation by...

INDIA – India resumes talks to break deadlock with farmers protesting over agriculture reform (Al Arabiya)

Indian government ministers began talks with farmers’ leaders on Thursday to try and break a deadlock over laws passed earlier this year seeking to...

CHINA – China says US is fabricating forced labor reports out of Xinjiang region (Al Arabiya)

China said on Thursday that politicians in the United States are fabricating news of forced labor in the northwestern Xinjiang region, after Washington banned...

USA/IRAQ/IRAN – How could a US drawdown in Iraq aid ISIS, lead to greater Iranian presence? (Al Arabiya)

In a quest to root out ISIS group hideouts over the summer, Iraqi forces on the ground cleared nearly 90 villages across a notoriously...

FINTECH MARKET – Global COVID-19 FinTech Market Rapid Assessment Study (WEF)

pdf: http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_The_Global_Covid19_FinTech_Market_Rapid_Assessment_Study_2020.pdf The World Economic Forum’s Global COVID-19 FinTech Market Rapid Assessment Study has gathered empirical data from 1,385 FinTech firms that are currently operating in 169...

FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION – Global Technology Governance Report 2021 (WEF)

pdf: http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Global_Technology_Governance_2020.pdf An essential consideration for government, business and civil society is how technologies are harnessed and regulated to accelerate growth, encourage innovation and build...

GEORGIA – West Calls on Georgian Opposition Not to Boycott New Parliament (Giorgi Menabde, The Jamestown Foundation)

Titus Corlatean (Romania), PACE Co-rapporteur for Monitoring Georgia (Source: 1tv.ge) The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) co-rapporteurs in charge of monitoring Georgia,...

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