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  • Aug 30, 2023
  • 7 min read

Policy support will focus on China's property market

China’s economy continues to slow, with domestic activity growing more slowly and trade contracting

China
  • Aug 30, 2023
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Internal Israeli divisions could stall judicial reform

Protests are continuing despite the judicial reform pause in the summer parliamentary recess

Israel
  • Aug 29, 2023
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Drought poses enduring challenges in Central America

Central America’s Dry Corridor is known for its lack of rain, but conditions are worsening markedly

Latin America
  • Aug 29, 2023
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Middle East and North Africa will lead tourist rebound

The Middle East and North Africa's tourism sector outperformed other regions in 2022 and early 2023

ME/NAF
  • Aug 29, 2023
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Chamisa will struggle to contest flawed Zimbabwe poll

The opposition has rejected the ruling party's victory in polls that were widely criticised by international observers

AF
  • Aug 29, 2023
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Israeli Libya slip will further set back Arab outreach

The Israeli foreign minister’s announcement of a Libya meeting has caused domestic and regional fallout

Libya
  • Aug 25, 2023
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Middle East states will look to Europe’s gas market

Eastern Mediterranean gas development has stepped up in hopes of forming a new hub

Middle East / Africa
  • Aug 25, 2023
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North Korea will not reopen fully post-pandemic

North Korea is at last partially reopening its borders, largely closed since the emergence of COVID-19 in January 2020

North Korea
  • Aug 25, 2023
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Moroccan union demands will test government dialogue

Trade unions are accusing the government of complicity in the face of what they say is a collapse in purchasing power

Morocco