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WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is visiting Bunia in the DRC, the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak., NewsFeed WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is visiting Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo as authorities race to contain a fast-growing Ebola outbreak, with 1,028 suspected and 225 confirmed cases. Health officialsContinue Reading

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Divisive foreign political narratives are being wrongly cast as religious discourse within our Muslim communities., The US-Israeli war on Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have had a seismic effect across the world. In Southeast Asia, economies have been paralysed due to shortages of oil, liquified petroleumContinue Reading

From satellite imagery to clandestine price reports, a new study draws on North Korea to explore economic activity in opaque regimes and information-scarce regions. North Korea is the blackest of economic black holes. Even a basic question like “is the economy shrinking or expanding?” can be difficult to answer…Continue Reading

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Malta’s economy to dominate this year’s election, with rising rents and infrastructure at the forefront of debates., Malta’s economic situation is expected to dominate this year’s election, with rising rents and ailing infrastructure as chief concerns. Voting has begun in Malta’s snap parliamentary election, which will determine who governs theContinue Reading