IMF says world economy remains resilient despite COVID, war in Ukraine and COLA crisis, but it is “limping along, not sprinting”
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Russia loses bid to regain seat on UN rights body
Russia received support from nearly half the UN’s members, but ‘Ukraine’s friends’ are still a powerful force in the General Assembly
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr launches independent bid for White House
Kennedy is popular among Republican voters, but averages less then 15 per cent in the democratic primary polls, 47 points behind Biden
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UN alarmed by Russia’s ‘mass’ passports move in Ukraine
Ukrainians who refuse Russian passports are denied essential public services such as social security and healthcare, and will risk deportation
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Claudia Goldin wins Nobel for work on women in the labour market
Goldin’s research reveals the causes behind change of women in the labour market, as well as the main sources of the remaining gender gap
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Israel-Gaza war has worldwide impact
Some countries have boosted security around potential Jewish targets, while pro-Palestinian demonstrations supporting Hamas erupt in others
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Top US senator accuses Chinese firms of ‘fuelling’ fentanyl crisis
“[Chinese companies] are fuelling the fentanyl crisis that is poisoning communities,” said US Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer
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Biden to build more Mexico wall, says hands were tied
Biden says that he has no choice but to continue construction of the wall, after Congress allocated funding for the project in 2019.
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Nobel chemistry winner flunked first college chemistry exam
Moungi Bawendi says getting the lowest mark in the class on his first chemistry exam at Harvard almost “destroyed” him
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Kevin McCarthy, US House speaker felled by his own side
History was made as no other speaker, a position second in line from the presidency in the federal hierarchy, has ever been ousted