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Sri Lanka’s prime minister resigns, and the military and police are granted emergency powers. Malaysia considers more palm oil exports to help meet global demand amid an edible oil shortage. The world is increasingly likely to experience global warming of 1.5C within the next five years. Analysis: Visualizing Risk: New WHO Report on Excess Mortality. Analysis: Ukraine War Update: Forced Ukrainian Deportations, Anemic Russian Offensive, Covert Russian Mobilization.

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A rundown of important global risk developments in markets, in business, and region by region.

Analysis: Visualizing Risk: New WHO Report on Excess Mortality

Since the onset of the pandemic, experts have widely speculated that the true death toll from COVID-19 was much higher than reported. Last week, the WHO published a comprehensive report measuring excess mortality (defined as the difference between the total number of deaths that have occurred and the number of deaths that would have been expected in the absence of the pandemic), painting a clearer picture for the first time of the true impact of coronavirus pandemic.

Analysis: Ukraine War Update: Forced Ukrainian Deportations, Anemic Russian Offensive, Covert Russian Mobilization

Amid Kyiv's claim that around 1.2 million people had been sent to Russia, and had been placed in camps, US Pentagon spokesman Kirby told reporters that the US has seen indications that Ukrainian citizens are been forcibly relocated to Russia.

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