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Poland – Poland Targets TV Channel, Limits Press Freedom and Pluralism (HRW)

A woman holds a sign with the words "Free media" in Warsaw, Poland on August 11, 2021. © 2021 STR/NurPhoto via AP Lydia Gall Poland’s lower house...

Japan – Japan’s defence, economy ministers visit Yasukuni shrine (Al Jazeera)

Japan's Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi at the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo on Friday Two senior ministers in the cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide...

Afghanistan/Pakistan – Pakistani forces clash with Afghan protesters at border crossing (Al Jazeera)

Pakistani soldiers stand guard in front of people waiting to cross at the Friendship Gate crossing point in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border town of Chaman,...

Afghanistan/USA – Kabul evacuations: Echoes of 1975 US exit from Vietnam’s Saigon? (Al Jazeera)

  A South Vietnamese soldier with a bazooka advances along a Saigon Street in this February 2, 1968 photo Thousands of US soldiers being sent...

Global/Oil Demand – IEA sees COVID blow to oil demand in 2021, surplus in 2022 (Al Jazeera)

The International Energy Agency now predicts global oil demand will rise 5.3 million barrels per day on average to 96.2 million bpd in 2021,...

China/Hong Kong – Beijing hasn’t sunk the Hong Kong financial ship yet (East Asia Forum)

Yew Chiew Ping, Singapore University of Social Sciences To mark the one-year anniversary of the Hong Kong national security law, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Global...

Global/Labor Market – Remote work wanted? Evidence from job postings during COVID-19 (Brookings)

José Morales-Arilla and Carlos Daboin Contreras As the COVID-19 pandemic pushed firms to comply with social distancing guidelines, the relative demand for work that could be performed...

Global/International Travel – The COVID-19 travel shock hit tourism-dependent economies hard (Brookings)

Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti The COVID crisis has led to a collapse in international travel. According to the World Tourism Organization, international tourist arrivals declined globally by...

USA/China – The “new normal” in US-China relations: Hardening competition and deep interdependence (Brookings)

Ryan Hass The intensification of U.S.-China competition has captured significant attention in recent years. American attitudes toward China have become more negative during this period, as anger...

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