International

  • Sep 24, 2019
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Efforts to tackle online extremism will diversify

New Zealand's government wants to tighten pressure on 'big tech' to tackle online hate content

International
  • Sep 24, 2019
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World powers reluctant to pursue radical climate moves

As the private sector steps up its efforts on climate change, the world’s major powers remain reluctant to act

International
  • Sep 23, 2019
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Google quantum computing report to bolster supporters

Google has reportedly achieved ‘quantum supremacy’

International
  • Sep 23, 2019
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Slowdown in the euro-area services sector

The euro-area manufacturing PMI is edging towards the pace of 2008-09; the services PMI is higher but falling faster

Europe
  • Sep 23, 2019
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Stubborn leaders risk global climate failure

After a weekend of protests, the UN Climate Change Summit begins in New York

International
  • Sep 23, 2019
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More negative-yield bonds raise euro-area bank risks

The ECB buying more sovereign bonds may lead to more zero-coupon bond issuance, and disruptive euro-area bank bailouts

International
  • Sep 20, 2019
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UN goal on maternal mortality is slipping out of reach

The UN Sustainable Development Goals prioritise gender equality issues, of which reducing maternal mortality is one

International
  • Sep 20, 2019
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Trade and investment gloom is hitting emerging markets

The OECD cut its global GDP forecast, unsurprisingly due to trade, but the size of EM downgrades may surprise

International