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A.I. Fortunes Could Bring Critical Funds to Global Health. The Scramble Is On.

Expected windfalls from I.P.O.s are drawing health leaders into a race for billions in new philanthropic dollars. A fragile aid system may be upended.

© Arlette Bashizi for The New York Times

Distributing malaria medication at a health center in Maroua, Cameroon, last year.
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Surprise drop in UK unemployment to 4.7% as John Healey’s first budget looms

Latest ONS data presents mixed picture amid slump in job vacancies and analysts warning labour market is ‘running on idle’

Unemployment in the UK has fallen unexpectedly in the final snapshot of the jobs market before John Healey’s first budget next week.

The jobless rate fell to 4.7% in the three months to August, from 4.9% according to the Office for National Statistics. City economists had forecast a rise to 5%.

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© Photograph: Susannah Ireland/The Guardian

© Photograph: Susannah Ireland/The Guardian

© Photograph: Susannah Ireland/The Guardian

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