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Biden: Leaders navigating ‘dark hour’ after Ukraine invasion
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Biden: Leaders navigating ‘dark hour’ after Ukraine invasion

TOKYO (AP) — President Joe Biden told fellow Indo-Pacific leaders assembled for a four-country summit Tuesday that they were navigating “a dark hour in our shared history” due to Russia’s brutal war on Ukraine and he urged the group to make a greater effort to stop Vladimir Putin’s aggression. “This is more than just a […]

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Australia PM says Pacific leaders ‘positive’ on his new push
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Australia PM says Pacific leaders ‘positive’ on his new push

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends the Quad leaders’ summit, in Tokyo, Japan, May 24, 2022. Yuichi Yamazaki/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register SYDNEY, May 29 (Reuters) – Australia’s new government has had a positive response from Pacific island leaders to its diplomatic engagement, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese […]

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Decoupling is the last thing on business leaders’ minds
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Decoupling is the last thing on business leaders’ minds

Nov 27th 2021 IF YOU WANT to understand how Asia’s view of the world order has changed, consider the remarks of Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore’s prime minister. Asked recently if China was rising and the United States was declining, he replied in a qualified way: “If you take a long view, you really have to […]

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Biden working with G20 leaders to ‘create a cartel’ to ‘keep business taxes high,’ conservative critic says
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Biden working with G20 leaders to ‘create a cartel’ to ‘keep business taxes high,’ conservative critic says

Crossmark Global Investments Chief Investment Officer Bob Doll provides insight into taxes, earnings and the markets.  President Biden and other world leaders at the G20 Summit in Rome endorsed a global minimum tax on corporations, a move U.S. officials are hoping will help bolster the president’s Build Back Better agenda. G20 finance ministers in July […]

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Microsoft leaders warned Bill Gates over ‘inappropriate’ emails.
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Microsoft leaders warned Bill Gates over ‘inappropriate’ emails.

ImageBill Gates in 2019. Microsoft executives warned him that his behavior was inappropriate after they discovered inappropriate messages he had sent to a female employee.Credit…Calla Kessler/The New York Times Microsoft executives warned Bill Gates in 2008 about inappropriate emails he had sent to a female employee, a Microsoft spokesman said on Monday. The warning involved […]

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