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8 Jan 19
France is considering plans to punish people who hold unsanctioned protests, as the violent “yellow vest” demonstrations continue, the country’s prime minister has said.
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7 Jan 19
US president Donald Trump has said he may declare a national emergency over immigration amid a partial government shutdown caused by a dispute about funds for a wall on the southern border with...
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4 Jan 19
Three-quarters of French people are unhappy with the actions taken by president Emmanuel Macron and his government to boost household incomes, a poll has suggested.
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2 Jan 19
The partial US government shutdown continues over Donald Trump’s demands for $5bn to fund a wall along the Mexican border.
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2 Jan 19
The Lebanese prime minister-designate is “determined” to form a government and tackle the country’s economic issues amid political wrangling over cabinet seats.
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2 Jan 19
Brazil’s president has vowed to fight corruption, clamp down on crime and build a society “without discrimination or division”, in his inaugural speech this week.
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21 Dec 18
The US Senate has passed funding plans for federal agencies, preventing government shutdown - but without money for the Mexican border wall the president demanded.
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21 Dec 18
The French government has caved into demands for a pay rise and overtime payments to the police following weeks of protests.
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17 Dec 18
Brexit will be a “unique opportunity” for the UK to work with international partners to combat corruption.
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17 Dec 18
Australia is a developed resource rich country - yet it is losing billions of Australian dollars through mineral extraction, explains the Goa Foundation’s Rahul Basu.
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14 Dec 18
China could cut tariffs on US-made cars to 15% from the current 40%, undoing the import duty hike it introduced this summer.
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12 Dec 18
US president Donald Trump has threatened a government shutdown over funding for his planned wall on the Mexican border in a budget row with Democrats.
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12 Dec 18
The International Monetary Fund has approved $3.7bn to support Angola’s economic reforms and improvements to public financial management.
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11 Dec 18
French president Emmanuel Macron has promised to increase the minimum wage and cut taxes in response to the violent ‘yellow vest’ protests across the country.
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10 Dec 18
Armenia’s acting prime minister has won the majority of the vote in the country’s snap election on a promise to tackle corruption and reform the economy.
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7 Dec 18
France may bring forward planned tax cuts to quell unrest in the country - but this would have to go “hand-in-hand with a decrease in spending”, the finance minister has warned.
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4 Dec 18
The French government has announced a six-month suspension of the fuel tax that caused weeks of violent protests across the country.
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4 Dec 18
The world’s most powerful economies have agreed to improve the global trading system as US president Donald Trump delays Chinese tariffs.
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4 Dec 18
The Italian government has signalled it may back down on its high spending plans for next year, which were rejected by Brussels in October.
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30 Nov 18
Public sector accountants have a responsibility to protect data as well as money, a top justice official has told PF International.
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28 Nov 18
Climate change could cost the US hundreds of billions of dollars a year by the end of the century if the current administration does not change its policies, a government report has warned.
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27 Nov 18
To run a truly global foreign policy, the ultimate challenge for China is winning hearts and minds rather than showering cash, says Chatham House’s Dr Yu Jie.
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26 Nov 18
South Africa needs to take the fight against corruption “seriously” and stamp it out at local level, the president has said in his annual speech to the upper house.
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23 Nov 18
The IMF's Christine Lagarde explores the benefits of the G20 Compact with Africa, which is an agreement to promote private investment to the continent. This is ahead of the G20 annual meeting in...
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22 Nov 18
Police officers and soldiers have stormed the parliament of Papua New Guinea over unpaid wages for an international summit that wrapped up just days ago.