Un-globalisation
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24 Aug
Jeremy Corbyn’s public social media platform “won’t work”
The public social media platform proposed by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in his 2018 Alternative MacTaggart Lecture this week has been met by damning criticism from technology industry experts.
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25 May
Italy’s new Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has the country’s media running scared
Italy’s next prime minister Giuseppe Conte hasn’t even been confirmed by the country’s parliament yet and he’s already making headlines — for all the wrong reasons.
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21 May
Who is Giuseppe Conte, Italy’s likely new Prime Minister?
Little-known university professor Giuseppe Conte is widely expected to be named Italy’s new Prime Minister, breaking the political deadlock that has brought the country’s government to a standstill over the last few weeks.
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18 May
How the peso’s decline forced Argentina to return to the hated IMF
Earlier this month, Argentina’s Central Bank raised the country’s interest rate by 675 basis points to 40%.
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15 May
British wages are up and unemployment is down, but productivity is struggling
Wages rose faster than inflation in the UK for the first quarter of 2018, the first time they have done so in more than a year.
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30 Apr
These charts show Greece’s “enormous effort to recover”
Greece has made an “enormous” effort to recover from its debt crisis and should be given debt relief by international lenders, according to Angel Gurria, secretary-general of the intergovernmental Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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30 Apr
A decade after the global financial crisis, Europe’s southern states are still struggling
To say the last decade has been difficult for Europe’s southern states would be an understatement.
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20 Apr
George Soros’ foundation to move out of Hungary after political threats
Open Society Foundations (OSF), the international charity led by billionaire George Soros, is to move out of Hungary after political threats.
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10 Apr
Who will be the next Prime Minister of Italy? Here are the likely candidates
Over a month has passed since Italy took to the ballot box — in one of the lowest election turnouts in recent history — to elect a new government and the country’s next prime minister, but so far little has happened.
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6 Apr
Hungary election: Viktor Orban set to secure third consecutive term
Hungary heads to polls this Sunday for its presidential elections.
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3 Apr
Macron’s railway reforms meet resistance with three months of strikes planned
Three months of railway strikes in France begin in earnest today as workers rally against French President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to overhaul SNCF, the state railway.
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28 Mar
Silvio Berlusconi’s career as a politician might have hit a wall
In 1994, Silvio Berlusconi rose to power as the symbol of a sentiment of change and progress that made him one of the most successful – though controversial – politicians in Italy’s modern history.
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23 Mar
Maduro’s knocking three zeroes off the bolivar as Venezuela grapples with hyperinflation
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has announced his plan to tackle Venezuela’s staggering inflation — lopping three zeros off the country’s increasingly worthless currency, the bolivar.
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22 Mar
A mobile app experiment has suggested the next UK flu pandemic could kill 886,000 people
Scientists have predicted that the next flu pandemic to hit the UK could kill as many as 886,000 people and infect 43 million — about three-quarters of the entire population.
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19 Mar
The 45 US business groups which oppose Trump’s trade tariffs against China
Forty-five of some of the largest trade unions and companies in the US have pushed back against Trump’s trade policies, urging him to reconsider proposed trade tariffs against Chinese companies in a letter to the president on Sunday.
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16 Mar
Asean members slam Trump’s looming trade war with the world
A group of East Asia states have criticised US President Donald Trump’s protectionist policies at a summit today, announcing plans to move ahead with a regional trade pact that would isolate the US in the region, and urging members to embrace globalisation.
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16 Mar
Putin’s PR campaigns: How he made Russians love him
Russians head to the polls this Sunday to re-elect Putin.
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9 Mar
As protectionist Trump imposes steel and aluminium tariffs Asia-Pacific nations strike blow for free trade
Trade ministers from 11 Asia-Pacific countries signed a major free trade deal in the Chilean capital on Thursday afternoon, that slashes tariffs and is seen as a challenge to Trump’s growing protectionist policies.
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5 Mar
China growth levels out at 6.5% as Beijing prepares to scrap presidential term limits
China’s growth for 2018 has been set at “around 6.5%”, down from last year — the first time in seven years the pace of growth had picked up.
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3 Mar
Italy election 2018: What its possible outcomes will mean for the world
Italy’s election is forecast to produce a hung parliament and its the most contentious vote the country has faced in years.
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2 Mar
Italy election 2018: Italians living abroad are worried their postal votes are getting hijacked
Since 2001 Italians living abroad have not had to return home if they want to vote in national elections.
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2 Mar
Japan’s growth streak continues: Its unemployment rate is at a 25-year low
Japan’s unemployment rate has fallen to a 25 year low as the world’s third-largest economy continues its growth streak.
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1 Mar
Putin boasts of economic growth, improving living standards and invincible missiles in annual address
Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has delivered his annual state of the nation address, boasting of economic growth, improving living standards and invincible missiles.
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28 Feb
China has banned Winnie the Pooh memes on social media
In Western countries there are few characters more anodyne and inoffensive than Winnie the Pooh.
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26 Feb
China’s Xi Jinping moves to scrap presidential term limits amid corruption crackdown
China’s president Xi Jinping would not appear to be looking forward to his retirement after the ruling Communist Party proposed removing the constitutional clause limiting presidential service to just two terms in office.
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23 Feb
Swiss Re struggles as natural disasters wipe out insurers in 2017
Zurich-based insurance company Swiss Re has posted a net profit of $331m, down from $3.5 billion last year following a spate of natural disasters in 2017.
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22 Feb
UK exodus of EU migrants continues following the Brexit vote
The UK has released its latest immigration figures, revealing a fall in how many Europeans came to the country since the UK voted to quit the European Union in 2016.
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20 Feb
The UK is weighing workers’ rights in the gig economy — here’s how we got here
Pimlico Plumbers’ appeal against the UK’s Court of Appeal in favour a tradesman’s unfair dismissal case against the company has reached the Supreme Court.
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19 Feb
Macedonia wants to settle its name dispute with Greece by July
Macedonia hopes to end its decade-long row with Greece about its name ahead of the July Nato summit.
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19 Feb
To the Brink – and Back? What you missed at the Munich Security Conference
Discussions at the Munich Security Conference this weekend — an annual gathering of defence and security policymakers — saw leaders clash over Russia’s relationship with the US and Israel butt heads with Iran.