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Call it Taiwanese disease, or Formosan flu: when a central bank’s efforts to suppress the currency to keep exports competitive leads to worrying economic strains. Although not necessarily fatal, it will not improve without treatment https://t.co/kIuUbs3TRY ...

Murder rates in Mexico are down, though not by as much as the government claims. There is still a long way to go. If Claudia Sheinbaum, the president, cannot curb gangs, Donald Trump may attempt to do it for her https://t.co/CkAgBForRQ ...

Sir Keir Starmer campaigned last year like a man applying to run a regional bank branch. He pitched himself as dutiful and tight with money. Yet when it comes to fiscal policy, the prime minister has not acted like that https://t.co/1nLJSq8KuC ...

It is time for Taiwan to loosen its grip on its dollar. It must unpick its outdated economic model—and build a better one https://t.co/zGVkgEjXcc https://t.co/VJ4dhpmuc0 ...

When the Institute of Directors polled its members in October, only 7% said they were optimistic about the economy over the next year; 80% were pessimistic.The main source of discontent is labour costs https://t.co/HL0QZ2bsjK ...

In Italy’s mafia underworld, the traditional professions of extortioner, hitman and drug-runner are being supplanted by a less risky occupation: social-media influencer https://t.co/Tv9AKEDH4h ...

When a commercial property is vacated a landlord becomes liable for its taxes. To avoid them some in Britain are turning their offices into “farms” https://t.co/jWhw5nmQ0p ...

Gazans are in dire need of homes, jobs and services. We explain why no workable plans currently exist to provide them https://t.co/0P0fp0uSI0 ...

Powerful outsiders will need to use their clout in order to prevent a sprawling conflict zone in the Horn of Africa from descending into all-out regional war https://t.co/2QyDVVBsJOPhoto: Getty Images https://t.co/xDVBKbCIln ...