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Remote work is harder to come by as companies push for return to office

Three and a half years after the start of the pandemic, employers are getting serious about increasing the amount of time workers spend in the office and trying new strategies to overcome resistance. (Image credit: SolStock)

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As Ukraine’s Fight Falters, It Gets Even Harder to Talk About Negotiations

Discussion of a negotiated Plan B, should Ukraine fail to win a total victory, has become more unseemly than ever and is now nearly a taboo, say those who have tried.

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Three countries and far-right politician have Nobel Foundation ban reversed

Russia, Belarus and Iran have all been readmitted to the Nobel Foundation, after the organisation reversed its previous policy of banning them.

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Archaeologists in Turkey have identified massive structures below a Roman-era castle

The multistory, below-ground structures in Diyarbakir — ID’ed by using ground-penetrating radar — may have sheltered some 10,000 people during wartime many centuries ago, archaeologists believe. (Image credit: Alice Martins for NPR)

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Fortescue’s New Metals CFO Exits Just Days After CEO

UPDATED: The chief financial officer of Fortescue Metals Group’s lucrative mining business has departed after only two months and just days after the division’s chief executive abruptly left the company.

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All That Empty Office Space Belongs to Someone

If the nearly 100 million square feet of office real estate stays empty, who loses?

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Biden apparently used pseudonym to discuss White House hire with Hunter, 2014 email shows – Fox News

Biden apparently used pseudonym to discuss White House hire with Hunter, 2014 email shows  Fox News

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White House ramps up war room to battle expected GOP impeachment inquiry – NBC News

White House ramps up war room to battle expected GOP impeachment inquiry  NBC News

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Canada issues travel advisory warning over U.S. states’ LGBTQ+ laws

The country’s Global Affairs department did not specify which states, but is advising Canadian travelers to check the local laws for their destination before traveling. (Image credit: Adrian Wyld/AP)

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Textbooks for Russian High Schoolers Try to Justify Ukraine War

The textbooks, which cover Russian history from 1945 to present, also reimagine the brutality of Joseph Stalin’s policies.

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