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Editor's note
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Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump are today sitting down for their long-awaited meeting in Singapore. Hopes are high, but as Maria Ryan explains, the two leaders will have to confront three hugely difficult issues if they want to make progress. And that’s assuming they can even communicate properly; with Trump apparently considering chatting to Kim without an interpreter present, Severine Hubscher-Davidson makes the case for keeping highly capable translators in the room at all times.
Automation has the potential to transform the working world by increasing productivity while reducing the number of human workers. Debra Howcraft and Jill Rubery investigate how we can use these changes to achieve greater gender equality.
The NHS’s budget deficit was close to £1 billion at the end of the last financial year. But that deficit could quite easily be reduced by half if GPs stopped prescribing over-the-counter drugs, such as paracetamol and hay fever pills. These drugs are cheaper for patients to buy than they are for the NHS to supply. The problem, says Philip Crilly, will be in convincing patients who don’t pay for their prescriptions to buy their own medicines.
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Andrew Naughtie
International Editor
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Top stories
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Kim Jong-un arrives in Singapore.
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Maria Ryan, University of Nottingham
Can decades of deadlock be broken by two of the world's most unpredictable leaders?
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Time to talk.
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Severine E Hubscher-Davidson, The Open University
Kim Jong-un may be able to "chat" in English. That's not enough to understand Donald Trump.
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There are considerable differences in pay, employment levels, and the types of activities that men and women perform in the workplace.
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Debra Howcroft, University of Manchester; Jill Rubery, University of Manchester
Automation could transform our working world. Here's what we can do to ensure it is a more gender equal one.
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Philip Crilly, Kingston University
GPs have been advised to limit prescriptions for certain medical conditions. It could save the NHS a fortune.
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Rachael Clawson, University of Nottingham
The number of people with learning disabilities reported as at risk of forced marriage has risen.
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Steven Barnett, University of Westminster
New editor Geordie Greig will soften the line on Brexit and may take a more compassionate stance on some social issues.
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Alexander Brasier, University of Aberdeen; David Wacey, University of Western Australia; Mike Rogerson, University of Hull
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Michael Spagat, Royal Holloway
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