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Going, going gone for Australia's house price boom. And some investors smell trouble
It's a winter weekend in Sydney's bustling northern suburb of Chatswood and a three-bedroom family house sporting an endless garden is up for auction. It's priced to sell at A$1...
BUSINESS
Moonwalking: South Korea's wage, hours policies backfire for jobless, low income workers
President Moon Jae-in wants South Koreans to work less and earn more – and to achieve that his government has hiked the minimum wage and slashed the maximum length of the work...
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In Japan's flood-ravaged Mabi, delays and lack of awareness magnified death toll
When Isao Akutagawa moved to the sleepy riverside town of Mabi in western Japan 45 years ago, it seemed like the perfect suburb to raise his children. Land was cheap and ...
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'We are always missing you': Torn apart by violence, Rohingya families connect through letters
Inside a bamboo shelter on Bangladesh's eastern coast, 58-year-old Sait Banu held a dog-eared note from her husband. "If you find a good match for my daughter Una Jamin, you ca...
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Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe set to frustrate eager investors
A European investor's phone rings in a Harare restaurant and it's good news: an $80 million construction deal has been agreed with the Zimbabwean government. All that's needed n...
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What's in a name? In Uzbekistan, it signals a reform drive
One evening last December, a crane lifted construction workers to the top of the ornate arched entrance to Uzbekistan's biggest commercial market. Overnight, they replaced the h...
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South Africa's Ramaphosa embarks on Eskom overhaul
A month after Cyril Ramaphosa took the helm of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) in December, he called an urgent meeting with then-President Jacob Zuma and ...
WORLD NEWS
As 'foreign' economic advisers leave, a protectionist India returns
When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took power in 2014, he leaned on three Indian academics who had predominantly worked in the United States to drive a liberal, globalized...
U.S. NEWS