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WTO's 2026 meeting will showcase limited ambition

China relinquishing developing-country status will do little to revive the WTO as a trade promoter and referee

Madagascar

Madagascar's political crisis will escalate

Major youth-led 'Gen Z' protests pose the most serious challenge to date for President Andry Rajoelina's rule

Madagascar's political crisis will escalate

Madagascar

China will embrace stablecoins cautiously

China

Organised crime will worsen Brazil's urban environment

Brazil

Egypt's government seeks to mute pre-poll discontent

Egypt

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends the 32nd Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Central Council session in Ramallah on April 23, 2025 (Zain Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images)

Reform failures will weaken Palestinian state prospect

President Nicolas Maduro (centre) (Jesus Vargas/Getty Images)

Venezuela-US conflict threat will raise wider fears

Ukrainian drone strikes have driven up petrol prices across Russia (Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images)

Ukraine will continue to target Russian refineries

President Donald Trump speaks while visiting National Guard troops in Washington DC, August 21, 2025 (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

Troop use in Washington may expand elsewhere later

Outgoing Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, January 14, 2025 (Christian Velcich/AFP/Getty Images)

South Africa faces ongoing threats to stability

China’s President Xi Jinping (centre) speaks to senior EU officials during the 25th EU-China Summit in Beijing (Andres Martinez Casares/AFP/POOL/Getty Images)

China’s president will use plenum to affirm leadership

A car production line at the Kia Motors factory in Teplicka nad Vahom, Slovakia (Eduard Genserek/AFP/Getty Images)

Eastern European industry faces multiple challenges

Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar (Hugo Mathy/AFP/Getty Images)

Resetting India-China economic ties will take time

President Trump and the initial bilateral tariff rates on April 2 (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Broad uncertainties will chill the global economy

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Wednesday, October 8, 2025

WTO's 2026 meeting will showcase limited ambition

Madagascar's political crisis will escalate

Madagascar's political crisis will escalate

China will embrace stablecoins cautiously

Organised crime will worsen Brazil's urban environment

Egypt's government seeks to mute pre-poll discontent

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Reform failures will weaken Palestinian state prospect

Venezuela-US conflict threat will raise wider fears

Ukraine will continue to target Russian refineries

Troop use in Washington may expand elsewhere later

South Africa faces ongoing threats to stability

China’s president will use plenum to affirm leadership

Eastern European industry faces multiple challenges

Resetting India-China economic ties will take time

Broad uncertainties will chill the global economy

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