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Assange Assurances: An Australian Response
The Australian government has been relatively quiet on the U.S. assurances on Julian Assange. CN Live! speaks to an Australian senator, lawyer and former diplomat for their views....
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US top diplomat Blinken visits China amid escalated tensions over Taiwan
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in China for a three-day trip, following Senate approval of a foreign aid package that will provide billions of dollars in assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Blinken, who landed in Shanghai on Wednesday, is expected to meet business leaders in...
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Blinken back in China seeking pressure but also stability
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‘Absolute power’: After pro-China Maldives leader’s big win, what’s next?
Very few expected Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu’s party to win Sunday’s parliamentary elections, that too by a landslide. For this was a man whose triumph in the presidential poll last year came by a fluke. Back then, the 45-year-old mayor of the capital Male entered the presidential race only...
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US banning TikTok? Your key questions answered
No, TikTok will not suddenly disappear from your phone. Nor will you go to jail if you continue using it after it is banned. After years of attempts to ban the Chinese-owned app, including by former President Donald Trump, a measure to outlaw the popular video-sharing app has won congressional...
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US approves $95bn aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
The US Congress has given final approval to a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, with President Joe Biden quickly vowing to sign the long-delayed bill. The package of legislation also contains text that would ban TikTok in the United States if the popular social media app does...
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Nearly two-thirds of parents feel lonely and burned out, survey finds
Despite working a full-time job in human relations and caring for her 6-year-old son Chase and 3-year-old daughter Millie, Anne Helmes often feels isolated and lonely. “I work from home, and when I have video meetings or calls with our employees, it’s very focused on the subject at hand. I don’t get...
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Silent and brooding, Trump endures courtroom ordeal
Donald Trump sat in a New York courtroom yesterday watching history unfold, a glum witness to his own turn as the first US president to face criminal prosecution. Most court proceedings are deliberate, scripted and glacial - tedious for any observer to sit through, let alone a brash real estate...
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Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US colleges after Columbia mass arrests
Columbia canceled in-person classes, dozens of protesters were arrested at New York University and Yale, and the gates to Harvard Yard were closed to the public Monday as some of the most prestigious U.S. universities sought to defuse campus tensions over Israel's war with Hamas. More than 100...
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Hybrid Work Needs a Workplace Value Proposition
Why do people come to the office? And how can leaders make that time as meaningful and productive as possible? These questions are more urgent than ever with the majority of office workers now having some degree of hybrid flexibility. Today, 54% of remote-capable workers are working hybrid and...
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