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Iran, IAEA agree to continue dialogue ahead of Vienna talks (Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera)

Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have agreed to maintain communication and dialogue after the nuclear watchdog’s director-general visited Tehran days before...

Turkey’s lira hits record low after Erdogan defends rate cuts (Al Jazeera)

The Turkish lira has hit a record low of 12.49 against the US dollar after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan defended recent sharp rate cuts. The Turkish...

Experts call for enhanced efforts to mainstream equality (Alena Bieling, Euractiv)

Member states must take more concrete and legally binding steps to ensure equality in public and private institutions, and policy-making, according to experts at...

EU banks largely unprepared for climate risks, ECB warns (János Ammann, Euractiv)

Out of 112 European banks, not one is close to fully aligning with the European Central Bank’s climate and environmental risk management guidelines, according...

Digitalizing Africa’s Mines (Landry Signé, Project-Syndicate)

Mineral resources are a critical source of revenue for Africa. In 2019, minerals and fossil fuels accounted for more than a third of exports from at...

Southeast Asia’s Migrant Labor Dilemma (M. Niaz Asadullah, Project-Syndicate)

COVID-19 has disrupted labor markets around the world, causing a global manpower shortage. Lockdowns in the early months of the pandemic triggered an exodus of millions...

Can Indonesia sustain its COVID-19 recovery targets? (Gerardus Yosari, East Asia Forum)

Questions remain over how Indonesia can sustain its COVID-19 economic recovery targets due to the possible difficulties its policymakers face in curbing inflation. The...

It’s sink or swim for Asia Pacific’s big cities in the war on climate change (Mahendra Sethi, East Asia Forum)

At the end of October 2021, in one of the biggest annual climate gatherings, COP26 aimed to secure global net-zero emissions by mid-century. This would be...

Using space to foster development assistance for disaster resilience (ESA)

ESA’s Global Development Assistance Programme, brought to life by ESA Member States at Space19+, has officially kicked off its first action focused on agile...

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