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South Korea retained the global crown in the 2019 Bloomberg Innovation Index

South Korea retained the global crown in the 2019 Bloomberg Innovation Index, though improvements by Germany in research and education brought Europe’s largest economy to near-parity in the annual ranking. The U.S. moved up to eighth place, a year after...

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Sikkim – To Conduct World’s Largest Experiment In Universal Basic Income

Sikkim – Indian State With 600,000 People To Conduct World’s Largest Experiment In Universal Basic Income A tiny Himalayan state bordering China is about to embark on the world’s largest experiment in universal basic income. All 610,5...

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China offers Iran $3bn oilfield deal despite US sanctions

State-run Chinese energy giant Sinopec has offered Iran a $3-billion deal on further development of an Iranian oilfield the two countries are already working on, the Wall Street Journal has reported. The offer made by the China Petroleum & Chemical Cor...

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Turkey Tops China As World’s Top Jailer Of Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists, an advocacy group, has released its annual census showing the number of journalists imprisoned across the world. More than 250 journalists are behind bars for the third consecutive year and the CPJ said that an authorita...

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Saudi-led Coalition Uses Sudanese Child Mercenaries In Yemen War

Saudi Arabia allegedly offered approximately $10,000 to families in Darfur, Sudan if their sons joined the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen, the New York Times reported on December 28th. According to the report, as many as 14,000 Sudanese militiamen have been ...

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