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Trump’s viral phrase
It sounds like the tagline of a human resources email or a dispatch from your local high school principal, but President Donald Trump‘s “thank you for your attention to this matter” has become his latest viral catchphrase.…
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Voice of America and Radio Farda’s Persian services cover Israel-Iran conflict despite cutbacks
FILE – The headquarters of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is seen with the American flag in the foreground, in Prague, Jan. 15, 2010. (Michal Kamaryt/CTK via AP, file)
In the early days of Israel’s attack on Iran, U.S.-operated…
Voice of America and Radio Farda’s Persian services cover Israel-Iran conflict despite cutbacks
Radio Farda, a branch of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and based in Prague, has continued broadcasting even though its managing editor estimated that more than half of its staff had been furloughed.…
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Values alone cannot build serious foreign policy
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David McKinnon is a former diplomat who is currently a senior fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.
The days when foreign policy was an afterthought, subordinate to domestic politic…
Why Apple can make iPhones only in China, and what Canada can learn from that
Open this photo in gallery: Canadian-born journalist Patrick McGee reveals the ‘Chinafication’ of high-tech manufacturing in his new book, Apple in China.STR/AFP/Getty Images
John Turley-Ewart is a contributing columnist for The Globe and M…
Ram Madhav writes: A new vision for the Northeast
The Ministry of Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER) is organising “Rising Northeast: The Investor Summit” this weekend in Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, DoNER Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, and the chief ministers of all eight states of t…
China shrugs off threat of US tariffs to economy, says it has tools to protect jobs
FILE – President Donald Trump, left, poses for a photo with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019.…
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‘Careless People’: A searing tell-all about destructive structural incentives that embolden Facebook
In a world where sites of power are increasingly becoming less transparent, less responsive, and less accountable, the corporate whistleblower memoir has evolved from a rare curiosity to an established literary genre.…
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Consumer prices fell in China in February and remain flat in a sluggish economy
Open this photo in gallery: Shoppers walk at a tourist attraction area called Nanluogu Alley in the evening in downtown Beijing, on March 8.Vincent Thian/The Associated Press
Consumer prices fell in China in February for the first time in 13 months, as…
Business Brief: Why trade diversification is easier said than done
Good morning. Uncertainty over Canada’s trade relationship with the United States is spurring calls for the country to diversify its trade partnerships. Today, we look at why that’s not as simple as it sounds.…
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