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Car bomb kills several in Syria’s Afrin (Umar Farooq, Al Jazeera)

At least four people have been killed by a car bomb in the northern Syrian city of Afrin, according to local media and the...

Saudi Arabia’s biggest IPO since Aramco surges in debut (Reema Alothman, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

ACWA Power International surged on its debut in Riyadh after raising more than $1.2 billion in the biggest Saudi Arabian listing since Aramco. The stock...

Tunisia’s President Saied approves new government (Al Jazeera)

Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has approved a new government selected by newly-appointed Prime Minister Najla Bouden Romdhane. The development came on Monday, 11 weeks after...

Vote count underway in Iraq after record low turnout (Al Jazeera)

Vote counting is under way in Iraq on Monday, a day after a record low turnout in a parliamentary election that reflects what many...

Iraqi forces arrest senior ISIL member Sami Jasim (Al Jazeera)

Iraqi security forces have arrested a senior member of the ISIL (ISIS) armed group, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi says. Sami Jasim, who was in charge...

The Gulf Migration Model: Can It Be Sustained? (Charles Kenny, Central for Global Development)

Gulf countries are world leaders in using worker mobility to fill employment gaps, a history that may serve them well as their populations age...

How Far Have Southeast Asian Countries Come with Digitizing Vaccination Certificates? (Azusa Sato and Anit Mukherjee, Center for Global Development)

In May, we examined the possibility of Southeast Asian countries working together to create a regional COVID-19 Vaccination Certification (CVC) system. We posited that CVCs present...

The Future of Globalization (Masood Ahmed and Nancy Lee, Center for Global Development)

Amidst the debate, fears, political polarization, and regrets surrounding globalization, we cannot ignore a central reality: much of it is not reversible or even...

The US Trade Representative Outlined a New US-China Trade Policy. What Does This Mean for Africa? (W. Gyude Moore, Center for Global Development)

After a lengthy review of the Trump administration’s trade policy toward China, the Biden administration unveiled its approach on October 4th. It is the conclusion of...

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