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Asia
Vietnam to slash provinces as cost-cutting drive expands
Almost two million people worked in the public sector as of 2022, according to the government, which announced this year…
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Asia
Sri Lanka orders ex-leaders to move out of deluxe mansions
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s leftist government asked former presidents, including the once-powerful Rajapaksa brothers, on Tuesday (Jan 21) to immediately vacate luxury…
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Asia
Commentary: A match made in policy – should the state play cupid?
TILL POLICY DO US PART: WHEN GOVERNMENTS PLAY MATCHMAKER Governments have long shaped marriage and parenthood with pro-natalist policies like…
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News
Incoming French government under pressure on multiple fronts
“SAME AS BEFORE” Former French president Francois Hollande, a Socialist, called the cabinet “the same as before, but with an…
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Germany
Why the German government looks set to reduce its stake in Commerzbank
Commerzbank has emerged from financial distress, prompting the state to sell down its €2.5 billion stake. ADVERTISEMENT The German state…
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President Joe Biden signs short-term spending bill to avoid partial government shutdown
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Friday (Mar 1) signed a short-term spending measure that keeps one set of federal agencies…
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Spain
Europeans say they don’t get enough information about climate change
In one European country, 68 per cent of citizens believe they will be displaced by climate change. ADVERTISEMENT Seven out…
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Spain
Women make up more than half of ministers in Spain’s new government
Sánchez was reelected prime minister on Thursday with backing from 179 lawmakers in Spain’s 350-seat parliament. His election was opposed…
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Spain
Women make up more than half of ministers in new government of Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez
Sánchez was reelected prime minister on Thursday with backing from 179 lawmakers in Spain’s 350-seat parliament. His election was opposed…
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News
US House passes spending bill to avert government shutdown
WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives on Tuesday (Nov 14) passed a stopgap measure to avert a partial federal government…
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