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Daily Cuts - Israel’s pursuit of Golan Heights – a new front brimming in the war

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Israel has approved plans to expand its settlements in Golan Heights now that Bashar al-Assad is no longer the leader of Syria. On Asia First, Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman discuss the potential risks for Syria and the wider Middle East for the territory, which Israel seized in 1967 and is considered illegally occupied under international law with Lawrence Rubin, Associate Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology 

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Daily Cuts - Guerilla Coffee

Craving for a cup of “slow” coffee for your fast-paced morning? Guerilla Coffee might have just what you need! Work It’s Hui Wong and Vaisali Prabhakaran speak to Keith Loh, the visionary behind Guerilla Coffee, a homegrown specialty coffee brand.  He tells us what we can expect from his newest space at Kallang Riverside, including his  'slow coffee’- or filter coffee- a more refined form of coffee appreciation.

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Daily Cuts - Powering up with Plant-based Food Technology

Work It’s Hui Wong and Vaisali Prabakaran speak with Justin Chou, green food entrepreneur and co-founder of homegrown plant-based food ventures Green Dot, G life and GrowthwellFoods on his journey of getting more people on the plant-based wagon, and his entrepreneurial journey.

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Daily Cuts - Tick-tock – ban looms, leaving fate of TikTok in the US up in the air

ByteDance’s TikTok faces a deadline of Jan 19 to find a US buyer in order to continue operating in the country, and the Supreme Court has signalled it is unlikely to oppose the law imposing that condition. Bloomberg News earlier reported that Chinese officials were considering selling the company’s US operations to Mr Elon Musk’s social media platform X. But TikTok labelled the report as “pure fiction”. Will TikTok survive the ban? We find out.

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Daily Cuts - South Korea impeached leader Yoon Suk Yeol arrested, questioned in insurrection probe

South Korean authorities arrested impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday (Jan 15) over insurrection accusations related to his martial law declaration. They now have 48 hours to question Mr Yoon, after which they must seek a warrant to detain him for up to 20 days or release him. Susan Ng and Hairianto Diman look at the fate of the embattled leader from hereon, with Dr Jong Eun Lee, Assistant Professor of Political Science at North Greenville University.

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Daily Cuts - Israel-Hamas reach Gaza ceasefire deal: what do we know?

In a historic agreement, Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire deal after 15 months of war in Gaza. The first phase of the agreement takes effect from Sunday and includes the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip and the release of hostages held by Hamas. Hairianto Diman and Susan Ng unpack the latest details with Jessica Genauer, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Flinders University.

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