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Australia’s social media ban: A global game-changer or a lone ranger?
Last month, Australia became the first country to ban social media for under-16s - a bold move in a world where TikTok and Instagram dominate teenage...
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Peter Mandelson: Why can saying sorry sometimes seem too simple?
On Sunday morning, Peter Mandelson refused to apologise for maintaining his friendship with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein in an interview...
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X marks the spot as Starmer seeks to balance online safety with trans-Atlantic diplomacy
2026 has started in similar fashion to 2025 for the government: embroiled in another controversy with the world’s richest man, Elon Musk. While last...
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Global problems, partial perspectives
The communications and research industry often describes itself as global in outlook. Yet much of the insight that informs strategy, policy and...
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For whom the bellwether tolls
For decades, investors have looked to a handful of so-called bellwether stocks for early signals about the health of the economy, with the performance...
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Could Colombia be next for Donald Trump? Our team in Bogota weigh up the scenarios
Written by SEC Newgate Colombia The United States has decided to initiate a negotiation process with the Chavista regime in order to rapidly advance...
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When the global rulebook frays…
Welcome to 2026. If you’ve entered this year feeling more uncertain than ever about where things will go in the next 12 months, you’re in good company...
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The West Yorkshire Mass Transit system: a litmus test for British delivery
The final days of 2025 provided a compelling bit of political theatre for the infrastructure sector. On the very day the Planning and Infrastructure...
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