Asia

Demography poses no imminent threat to China’s economic modernisation

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Author: Peter McDonald, ANU China’s population fell in 2022 and will continue to do so throughout the 21st century, according to the United Nations Population Division’s 2022 Revision of World Population Prospects. The data shows a sharp fall in China’s fertility rate from 1.81 births per woman

Australia

Centrelink payments increase for 4.7 million Australians

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4.7 million Australians will receive a boost to their Centrelink support payments today. Recipients of Age Pension, Disability Support Pension and Carer Payments can expect an increase of $37.50 a fortnight for singles and $56.40 a fortnight for couples. Australians relying on JobSeeker will see their payments rise by $24.70. Source link

Europe

Voting begins in parliamentary and local elections, a key step in building a just Kazakhstan

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Legislative elections are taking place today in Kazakhstan to elect members of the Mazhilis, the lower house of parliament, and the maslikhats, local representative bodies. Significant changes have been made to the electoral system in comparison to previous elections following constitutional amendments last year. A proportional-majoritarian model is being used for the

Latin America

Argentina: New Precedent on Preliminary Measures and International Arbitration

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The Commercial Court of Appeals in the City of Buenos Aires recently granted a request for preliminary measures. These measures aimed to obtain the necessary elements to analyze and determine whether the counterparty had breached a stock purchase agreement that included an arbitration clause as the dispute-settlement mechanism. In this post, we discuss whether courts […]

Middle East

Martechvibe’s Weekly News Round-Up – Martechvibe

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In case you missed it, here’s a look at the top headlines in the marketing and technology landscape. The news selected presents a snapshot of the evolving consumer terrain, how technology is being optimised to solve growing marketer challenges and significant drivers of customer experience trends. Juji Launches Generative AI Tool For Chatbot Creation  Juji, […]

Asia

Singapore PC Market Fell 11% in 2022 Says IDC

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Expects the PC Market in Singapore to Fall 17% in 2023 Inventory corrections, dwindling private demand, and drop in public projects possible reasons Singapore’s PC market declined 11% in 2022, totalling 1 million units shipped to the country, according to the recent IDC Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. This decrease can be attributed to […]

Australia

Leishman takes two-shot lead in LIV Golf

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Australia’s Marc Leishman has a claimed a two-shot lead going into the final round of the LIV Golf event in Arizona. Overnight leader Leishman shot a five-under 66 at The Gallery GC on Saturday to get to 11-under but he has two major champions breathing down his neck. Sergio Garcia is outright second after a […]

Europe

Türkiye’s top diplomat visits Cairo as part of normalization process

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Türkiye’s top diplomat visits Cairo as part of normalization process Source link

Latin America

Bolivian President calls Putin to review trade and technology joint work — MercoPress

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Bolivian President calls Putin to review trade and technology joint work Saturday, March 18th 2023 – 09:54 UTC Russian authorities insisted the conversation was held at Bolivia’s initiative Presidents Luis Arce Catacora of Bolivia and Vladimir Putin of Russia held a telephone conversation Friday during which they discussed various items of mutual

Middle East

Etihad Rail funds 3D printed sustainable plastics science

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Rail and air travel relies heavily on the cost-effectiveness and lightness of plastics for fuel efficiency. Look inside the body of an aircraft and the passenger cabins of light railways and trains and you can’t deny the importance of plastics. So yeah, while we want to ban the plastic bag and see fewer flipflops in […]