There is little reason to believe that the Taliban will not implement the extremely harsh ruling style they adopted when last in power, between 1996 and 2001..
In August, the US government announced a non-binding goal to make electric vehicles (EVs) account for half of new vehicle sales by 2030. The target covers battery (BEV), plug-in hybrid (PHEV) or hydrogen fuel cell (FCEV) vehicles..
Point-of-care (POC) diagnostics is expected to be one of the fastest-growing major in-vitro diagnostics (IVD) market segments in Asia-Pacific (APAC)..
Delays in inoculating the world against the coronavirus will come with a high price tag. A new report by The Economist Intelligence Unit (The EIU), ‘How much will vaccine inequity cost?’ outlines the economic, political, and geopolitical consequences of vaccine inequity..
Policy shifts and upcoming elections in countries that form the Pacific Alliance (a trade bloc comprising Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru) are likely to generate inertia, hampering governments’ ability to bring their economies closer together, negotiate trade agreements and capitalise on economic complementarity..
In The Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest global outlook video, Agathe Demarais, Fung Siu and Matthew Sherwood discuss the global implications of the Taliban coming to power in Afghanistan..
Although port operations are functioning well, domestic lockdowns have hit Vietnamese exports hard. .
In China, the use of connected point-of-care (POC) blood glucose testing will play an increasingly important role in diabetes management at hospitals. .
In 2020, as economies shut down because of the pandemic, governments across Europe implemented furlough schemes that helped to prevent widespread job losses. At the peak of the pandemic in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, the programmes covered about a third of the workforce..
The three frontrunner chancellor candidates took part in a live TV debate on August 30th, with the Social Democratic Party (SPD) candidate, Olaf Scholz, performing best according to polls. .