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Asia
Rats! Race to Lunar New Year celebration in Melbourne begins
But soon it’s the long-tailed rodent’s time to shine, potentially bringing good luck to the business world. Tom Cowie The Age Next Saturday is Lunar New Year and the official…
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Ethics
New owner discovers $62,000 in cash hidden inside second-hand footstool
It had been purchased around Christmas along with other furniture from a fundraiser shop for the charity Habitat for Humanity for just US$70 ($102). ABC news When his daughter-in-law unzipped…
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Business
Why Manhattan’s Skyscrapers Are Empty
In Manhattan, the homeless shelters are full, and the luxury skyscrapers are vacant. Derek Thompson The Atlantic Such is the tale of two cities within America’s largest metro. Even as…
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Activism
Hidden women of history: Catherine Hay Thomson, the Australian undercover…
Hay Thomson’s two-part article, The Female Side of Kew Asylum for The Argus newspaper revealed the conditions women endured in Melbourne’s public institutions. Authors The Conversation Her articles were controversial,…
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Artist
Banker fined $84 million for smuggling Picasso painting out of…
Jaime Botin, the ex-chairman of Bankinter, was also given an 18-month prison term on Thursday but he is unlikely to serve it due to his advanced age and his status…
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Aggression
How Iraq’s relationship with Iran shifted after the fall of…
The reason he had played cat and mouse with UN weapons inspectors for over a decade was not because he was trying to hide Iraqi production of weapons of mass…
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Analysis
Prohibition Was a Failed Experiment in Moral Governance
A century ago, Prohibition went into effect around the United States, and the evangelical Protestants who had fought for 80 years to make it a reality celebrated. Annika Neklason The…
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Democracy
Entire Russian government resigns after Vladimir Putin speech
In a shock announcement, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced his government would resign, allowing Putin to appoint a new administration just as he proposes major constitutional changes that could set…
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Environment and Climate Change
Weather shows evidence of climate change every single day since…
A single, torrential rainstorm one day in June. Alejandra Borunda National Geographic An unseasonably warm day in January. A cold snap in… Weather shows evidence …
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Asia
Australian father Scott McIntyre freed in Japan after arrest for…
The case of Scott McIntyre, a freelance sports journalist based in Tokyo, has drawn wide attention to the difficulties in Japan faced by parents who lose access to their children…
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Health
The agony of weekend loneliness: ‘I won’t speak to another…
On Saturday morning, Peter got up and went to the supermarket. Paula Cocozza The Guardian He carried his shopping home, and took care of his laundry and ironing. In the…
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Asia
The Crown Prince of Iran Pitches Regime Change to Washington
He painted a picture of Iran on the brink of collapse—and presented a plan to manage the coming “implosion” with a… Matthiew Petti The National Interest Former crown prince Reza…