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COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Nurlan Yermekbayev is one of those very important people most of us in the West have never heard of. I had been travelling with him for two days in the Xinjiang Region of China before I even realised who this quiet, dignified man was. As the Secretary-General of the SCO —
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Pacific leaders are seeking support for regional climate-finance options that give communities better access and stronger input into global decision making.
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Prediction markets are becoming mainstream, bringing gambling risks and a novel source of political information to public life.
On The Conversation Weekly, why Israel’s political magician might be out of tricks and how a former IDF chief could be the one to upstage him.
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