Venezuelan early election call raises a range of risks

The decision to bring presidential elections forward may backfire on President Nicolas Maduro

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Czech vote may raise chances of new ANO-led government

The incumbent has emerged the victor in a closer-than-expected second-round vote for the Czech presidency

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The government is trying to make simultaneous progress on many fronts and, in some cases, is struggling

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Three broad avenues for reform are possible; fiscal discipline is integral to all of them

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Washington and the Palestinians have cut communications since the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

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Canada’s case against the United States will be just once source of trade turbulence this year

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A full-scale Turkish ground incursion, Operation Olive Branch, has begun into Afrin, Syria’s northernmost province

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Belgrade-Prishtina talks are held up by an assassination amid speculation but no certainty about who was responsible

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Political and legal challenges will surround talks, while the time pressure intensifies

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A new international deal is sought on biodiversity conservation at sea

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