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Organized labor after COVID-19

Near empty parking lot after all of the votes for or against unionization are collected during a work day at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, U.S., April 8, 2021. /Getty Editor's not

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SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites, claims over 500,000 service pre-orders so far

SpaceX has launched 60 more of its Starlink internet broadband satellites — on ‘Star Wars Day,’ no less, and only five days after it launched the last batch. The company has now delivered

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U.S., Uganda, and Australia ban arrivals from India

A passenger plane about to land. /AFP The list of countries temporarily banning arrivals from or with recent travel to India is growing as the Asian country sees a surging number of COVID-19 c

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'Less suffering' from COVID eradication policies than mitigation moves

Policies in response to the pandemic have largely been divided between countries that mitigate against the virus and those trying to eradicate it from their borders. /AP/Jorge Saenz According

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Facebook introduces a new miniplayer that streams Spotify within the Facebook app

Facebook announced last week an expanded partnership with streaming music service Spotify that would bring a new way to listen to music or podcasts directly within Facebook’s app, which it calle

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Zhang Yimou's first spy film receives acclaim following test screening

Cliff Walkers, the first foray of renowned Chinese director Zhang Yimou into the spy genre, has received wide acclaim from moviegoers and critics alike following a test screening Saturday.Starring Zha

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Australia's BRI provocation exposes a nation in crisis

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne talks to the media at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, April 22, 2021. /Getty Editor's note:Hannan Hussain is a foreign affairs commentator and a

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Scholar: Eastern Asian countries more competent at handling COVID-19

04:12 Governments' management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Eastern Asian countries provided valuable lessons to a more efficient global governance, a leading scholar and veteran diplomat

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Disagreements enervate transatlantic relationship and NATO relevance

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) and Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg (L) are seen as they attend the Narrow Participation Council Meeting of NATO Resolute Support Mission Fra

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Instagram launches tools to filter out abusive DMs based on keywords and emojis, and to block people, even on new accounts

Facebook and its family of apps have long grappled with the issue of how to better manage — and eradicate — bullying and other harassment on its platform, turning both to algorithms and hu

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EU's J&J safety ruling, Swiss jab program expanded: COVID-19 bulletin

TOP HEADLINES- The World Health Organization's Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said the world has the "tools to bring this pandemic under control in a matter of months, if we apply th

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Over 10,000 government and public sector workers targeted by hostile states on social media

The head of MI5 says people working in government and sectors that have access to private information are being targeted.

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New Zealand 'uncomfortable' with expanding remit of Five Eyes

New Zealand's foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta said Monday her country is "uncomfortable" with expanding the role of the Five Eyes, a post-war intelligence bloc that also includes the United States, Br

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India Has a Double Mutant Virus Variant. Should We Worry?

As India’s daily tally of Covid-19 infections surge by a record 200,000-plus cases for three consecutive days, public health experts worry that a new -- possibly more v

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Boao Forum chronicle: 20 years of bridging Asia and the world

01:52 In the past 20 years, thousands of heads of state, government leaders, CEOs and economists from across the Asia-Pacific region have come to Boao in the spring for four days of in

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'The Lord of the Rings' to be most expensive TV series ever made: US media

An upcoming fantasy TV series, Amazon Studios' The Lord of the Rings, will cost about US$465 million for just the first season, making it the most expensive TV series ever made, The Hollywood Repo

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Substack announces a $1M initiative to fund local journalists

While the seemingly unending debate around Substack has focused on well-known writers with a national profile, the newsletter platform just announced that it will be supporting local (presumably non-f