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UNDP warned that roughly 800 million young people entering labour markets in developing economies could struggle to find jobs unless countries act. The figure is a conditional warning about future entrants, not a count of people currently unemployed. We examine what would change that path.
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Kazakhstan sent 33 young specialists to compete in 31 skills at WorldSkills Shanghai 2026, from mechatronics and welding to mobile robotics and app development. Competition ended on September 26, with the awards scheduled for September 27. Here is what is confirmed before the official results are published.
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Britain, Australia, Poland and Switzerland each said publicly why they would not let Ye in. On 15 August he walked onto the Central Stadium in Almaty: 31,000 people, five billion tenge. He played the old hits — nothing he was barred for. What Kazakhstan argued about for a week was the grass.
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The young are spoilt today — the line turns up in texts thousands of years old. If the young have been spoiling for three thousand years running, perhaps they are not the problem. They are a barometer: they show with heightened sensitivity where opportunity is missing and where adults say one thing and live another.
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On 17 July Andy Burnham became Britain's prime minister as the only admitted candidate: 379 members of parliament nominated him and no vote was held. He is the seventh prime minister in ten years, a rate not seen for almost two centuries. The episode tests the argument that stability matters more than plurality.
