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The picturesque Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan holds general elections on Tuesday with serious economic challenges calling into question its longstanding policy of prioritising "Gross National Happiness" over growth.Bhutan's youth unemployment rate stands at 29 percent, according to the World Bank, while economic growth has sputtered along at an average of 1.7 percent over the past five years. ....
Within an hour of taking office as the top prosecutor for Orange and Osceola counties, Andrew Bain wrote in an email to all staff that “effective immediately, I am rescinding the catch and release policy that has been in place for far too long.” In the days since Bain’s appointment by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ following Monique Worrell’s ouster, however, the State Attorney’s Office has been unable to . ....
Britain's government said Tuesday the U.K. will prioritize diplomatic engagement with Asian countries in the coming decade and lift its own cap on the size of its nuclear stockpile, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled a major shift in the country's foreign policy and defense priorities after Brexit. Setting out a vision of a “Global Britain,” the government's new strategy document envisions the U.K. “tilting” toward the Indo-Pacific region and becoming a bigger player there as the world’s “geopolitical and economic center of gravity” moves east to countries such as China, India and Japan. ....