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Daily Cuts - A long road for Four Horse Road

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with Director Kuo Jian Hong and cast member R Chandran of Four Horse Road, an immersive site-specific production by The Theatre Practice, a local bilingual theatre institution. They’ll discuss how this restaged production was affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, and how audience members will be exposed to 150 years of history staged across two heritage buildings along Waterloo Street.

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Daily Cuts - Russia: Winning allies in Africa

The Russia-Africa summit is taking place on 27 July in St Petersburg, Russia. Close to 50 African delegations will be attending the two-day summit, but only 17 of them are heads of state. The Kremlin blames the West for the poor figure... saying their interference prevented African leaders from actively participating in the forum. On the agenda: trade, security, and grain and fertiliser supply issues. Amaka Anku, Practice Head, Africa, Eurasia Group tells Arnold & Nadirah if the continent still has Russia's back. 

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Daily Cuts - New Law Society President

The Law Society of Singapore has elected Jason Chan as its 28th president. The election was held following the passing of its 27th president Adrian Tan earlier this month, who fought cancer for a year. Jason Chan, President of Law Society tells Arnold & Nadirah his plans for the rest of year. 

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Daily Cuts - BRICS meeting in Johannesburg, but Putin on video

China's top diplomat Wang Yi was in Johannesburg for a meeting with BRICS members. Leaders from the other 4 member countries - Brazil, Russia, India and  South Africa. Russian President Vladimir Putin did not attend in person - but on video. A couple things on the agenda - security and expanding membership. Alex Capri, Senior Lecturer, NUS Business School explains the priorities of this meeting. 

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Daily Cuts - Israel votes on the controversial judicial reform bill

The Knesset, or Israeli Parliament will be voting on the controversial judicial reform bill. This is the bill that would strip the Supreme Court of the power to declare government decisions “unreasonable,” But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not taking the lead in Parliament. He’s been hospitalised because of dehydration and has also been fitted with a pacemaker. Dr James Dorsey, Adjunct Senior Fellow, at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies tells Arnold and Nadirah why the bill was proposed.

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Daily Cuts - Automated in-house coffee-roasting

Nestlé's latest innovation, Roastelier by Nescafé, is here in Singapore. Jake Hu is an esteemed coffee expert and certified head judge of multiple international coffee championships. He spilled the beans with Work It's Cheryl Goh and Hui Wong.

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