Israel’s coalition will struggle to solve Arab murders

The long-ignored rise of crime in the Arab Israeli sector has become a hot political issue

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Ecuador economy plans may run into difficulties

Ecuador has hit a COVID-19 vaccine target and sealed an IMF deal to allow disbursement of nearly USD800mn in financing

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The race to become the centre-right Republican party’s presidential candidate is intensifying

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President Putin has again made raising incomes a priority, but the current welfare system is failing to deliver this

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Progress in containing a jihadist insurgency has improved the outlook but serious problems remain

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The former opposition has a safe majority in the Chamber of Deputies, but government formation is far from over

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Interlinked deep structural fiscal and monetary problems are hard to address with limited resources under US sanctions

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Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana will soon announce his first medium-term budget policy statement

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Despite his resignation, Sebastian Kurz will continue to have significant influence over the government’s agenda

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The economy looks set to return to pre-pandemic growth rates, but bitter political disputes could hamper this

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