James Himberger, analyst at Foreign Brief

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James Himberger
James is an analyst on the Current Developments Team, where he specialises in European and Indian politics. He is a regularly contributor to the Daily Brief

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to present economic stimulus plan
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- April 5, 2020
Photo: Manuel Velasquez—Getty Images Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (popularly known as AMLO) is expected to announce an economic
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India’s central bank moves to inject liquidity into economy amid 21-day shutdown
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- April 3, 2020
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of India’s Central Bank was supposed to announce new financial measures today in response to
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London’s Metropolitan Police end “week of action” to combat knife crime
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- March 29, 2020
Photo: Sky News The Metropolitan Police of London today ends a week-long push to stem the tide of knife crime
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Russia transfers pipeline-laying vessel to Baltic in push to complete NordStream 2
- Daily Brief
- March 27, 2020
The Academician Chersky pipelaying vessel bound for the Baltic Sea will stop today in Cape Town. The ship was transferred
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India to ban all incoming international flights due to COVID-19 crisis
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- March 22, 2020
Photo: Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo The Indian government will today begin its ban on all incoming international flights for the next
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Organization of American States to elect new secretary general
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- March 20, 2020
Photo: OEA The General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) will today elect its secretary-general for 2020-2025. Incumbent
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EU foreign ministers convene to discuss opening Turkey’s borders to refugees
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- March 6, 2020
EU foreign ministers meet today in an extraordinary session in Zagreb, Croatia, to discuss Turkey’s decision to open its border
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Thai opposition to lead no confidence vote in PM Prayut Chan-o-cha
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- February 28, 2020
The Thai Parliament will hold a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and five members of his
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EU General Affairs Council likely to adopt a mandate for UK negotiations
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- February 25, 2020
The General Affairs Council (GAC), a sub-committee of the European Council, meets today in Brussels to approve a negotiations mandate
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Finance ministers, central bankers to attend G20 talks in Riyadh
- Daily Brief
- February 21, 2020
Officials from the nineteen largest national economies and the EU will gather in Riyadh today for the G20 Finance Ministers
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Greek unions calls for national strike in protest of proposed pension reforms
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- February 18, 2020
Greek public and private sector transport workers from across the country are on a 24-hour strike today to protest the
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German economic growth expected to have been flat in last 3 months of 2019
- Daily Brief
- February 14, 2020
Today, German authorities will release a preliminary estimate of German economic growth for the fourth quarter of 2019. At the
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Bernie Sanders leads the polls ahead of New Hampshire Democratic primary
- Daily Brief
- February 11, 2020
US Democratic Party voters in the state of New Hampshire will head to the polls today to choose their party’s
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Russian foreign minister flies to Venezuela for high-level talks with embattled government
- Daily Brief
- February 7, 2020
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives in Caracas today to celebrate 75 years of diplomatic ties between Russia and Venezuela.
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Leaders of Slovenia’s political parties begin talks in bid to end crisis
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- February 4, 2020
Photo: Twitter/BorutPahorSlovene President Borut Pahor will open talks with opposition party leaders today in an effort to form a new
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Estimates likely to confirm sluggish eurozone growth
- Daily Brief
- January 31, 2020
An advance estimate of fourth quarter eurozone economic growth will today be released. Although 2019 began with a sudden uptick
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