Beijing’s threat of tariffs on EU agricultural imports comes as trade volumes are already falling.
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Farmers’ fears over GMOs stem from past abuses.
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Les femmes n’ont compté que pour moins de 10 % des candidats aux élections législatives qui viennent de se tenir en Inde, reflet de la place secondaire qui est encore la leur en politique.
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Pakistan's coalition government has set an ambitious tax collection target in its new budget. But how far does it go to help the nation's poor, who have been struggling to make ends meet?
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After the death of the puritanical president, Iran’s reformists hope to win a portion of power
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Quelle sera la politique étrangère du gouvernement Modi, qui vient d'être reconduit à la tête d'une coalition après les élections du 4 juin ?
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Des dizaines de milliers d'enfants en Afghanistan restent affectés par les crues soudaines, en particulier dans le nord et l'ouest du pays, selon les Nations Unies.
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Au bord du gouffre financier en mai 2023, la Turquie est parvenue à sortir la tête de l’eau, à la faveur d’un changement drastique de politique monétaire.
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Extreme heat, or "heatflation," is raising food prices everywhere. Researchers say that, in the Middle East and other hotter regions, the costs will be even higher — and the negative impacts will be much greater.
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Connecting with Iran may be tempting for Central Asian countries like Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, but increased relations with Tehran may ultimately be counterproductive.
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India aims to eradicate the disease by 2027, but changing climatic conditions and a lack of shared data is making the challenge difficult.
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A decade ago the Union of India welcomed into the fold its newest member: the state of Telangana. Of India’s then 29 states, it ranked 12th by population, 11th by area and 10th by per-person income. One of those rankings has since changed dramatically. By last year Telangana had shot up to boast the highest per-person income of any decent-size state, behind only tiny Sikkim and Goa.
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La Une en Asie, se tourne aujourd’hui vers l’Australie, où les travaux d’un océanographe et mathématicien pourraient permettre au secteur du transport maritime, rouage essentiel de l’économie mondiale, mais qui dégage plus d’un milliard de tonnes de CO2 par an, de réduire significativement sa consommation de carburant, et ce faisant, son empreinte carbone. Alors comment ? En exploitant une source d’énergie énorme, inépuisable et actuellement très peu utilisée, les courants marins…
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To evaluate whether Wellington’s shift toward tighter defense cooperation is truly abandoning a long-held tradition, first we must ask what an “independent foreign policy” really means.
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Indian prime minister Narendra Modi had a lukewarm response to former Pakistani leader Nawaz Sharif’s optimistic message, but climate impacts will not wait for politicians
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In May, the World Bank concluded one of its periodic International Comparison Program (ICP) assessments – the price survey which “officially” determines purchasing power parity GDP. Like college rankings, the league table of the world’s largest economies shifted just enough for the obsessives to notice while springing no real surprises. Harvard will be Harvard and whether Princeton ranks above or below Yale this year is largely irrelevant. For the obsessives, China’s lead versus the US expanded by 5.6%, India inched closer to China, Japan kept its ranking while sliding down a tick, Russia moved ahead of Germany, France ahead of the UK, Indonesia tumbled two places and Brazil rose one spot. The top 10 remained the top 10.
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Many major farm belts turned against India’s ruling party in the election, contributing to the sharp fall in seats.
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India has played an increasingly larger part on the global diplomatic stage under Prime Minister Narendra Modi - but the Hindu nationalist leader's third term will see him look to take a starring role. Modi, who will be sworn in on Jun 8, portrays his country as a leader of the Global South, with himself a chief spokesman for the loose grouping. Another five years in office gives him greater longevity and seniority among the world's most powerful, despite his reduced parliamentary majority.
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The reasons for rising incomes in Russia have been well documented: a labor shortage, hefty payments to soldiers and their families, and an unprecedented level of state spending that has obliged defense sector factories to work around the clock.
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The Philippines, the world's top rice importer, is moving to cut tariffs on the staple food from 35% to 15% through 2028 to ease the country's inflation woes. But analysts worry the move could benefit foreign producers such as Vietnam and leave Filipino farmers struggling to compete.
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Le Japon n’a pas fini de rayonner à l’international : le gouvernement nippon vient ainsi d’annoncer qu’il souhaitait quadrupler le marché à l’étranger pour ses mangas, dessins animés et jeux vidéo ; le but est d’atteindre l’équivalent de 20.000 milliards de yens (118 milliards d’euros) d’exportations de biens culturels d’ici 2033.
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Un retournement de situation a-t-il lieu en ce moment en Inde ? Depuis le 19 avril, plus de 744 partis se sont disputés les 543 sièges à la chaMbre basse du parlement, la Lok Sabha. Mais alors que les sondages de sortie d’urnes indiquaient une victoire écrasante de l'Alliance démocratique nationale menée par le BJP, le parti du Premier ministre Modi devrait perdre une cinquantaine de sièges par rapport à 2019.
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The shock election result will change the country—ultimately for the better
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