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Daily Cuts - S1E268: Macron's unpopular decision to raise retirement age

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French President Emmanuel Macron approved the controversial pension reform into law on Saturday. The retirement age in France is now 64, from 62. The opposition and unions are saying he did this secretly, in the middle of the night. CNA938’s Arnold Gay and Yasmin Jonkers speak with Patrick Chamorel, Senior Resident Scholar at the Stanford Center in Washington, to find out what Macron’s move says to the people of France.

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Daily Cuts - S1E225: Breaking her own records: Shanti Pereira sprints to victory

National sprinter Shanti Pereira has set three national records in three days, clocking 22.89s in the women’s 200m heats at the Australian Track and Field Open in Brisbane on Sunday (Apr 2). CNA938's Arnold Gay and Yasmin Jonkers speak with her to hear how she pulled it off

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Daily Cuts - S1E224: What to expect when French and EU leaders head to Beijing

French President Emmanuel Macron and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen will head to Beijing later this week. But how will von der Leyen's hawkish comments last week at the European Policy Centre impact the success of this meeting? CNA938's Arnold Gay and Yasmin Jonkers speak with Pushan Dutt, Professor of Economics and Political Science, INSEAD to find out more.  

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Daily Cuts - S1E223: Spreading positive vibes with TikTok

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Melanie Oliveiro speak with Ng See Min, Founder of Henndrawn and Anda Chaudhry, Founder of 2 businesses - Wear Bums and Araes Nail Lacquer - about using TikTok to turn their passions into businesses that embody positive values like self-love and body positivity.

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Daily Cuts - S1E222: The business of sneakers today

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Melanie Oliveiro speak with Alan Vinogradov, Co-Founder of Sneaker Con, deemed the "Greatest Sneaker Show on Earth". It makes its South-East Asia debut this weekend (1 - 2 April) in Singapore. One of the participating retailers, Urban Necessities' Jaysse Lopez, joins in too.

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Daily Cuts - S1E221: Why less-educated young workers in lower-wage jobs face job mobility issues

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Melanie Oliveiro speak with Associate Professor Irene Ng from NUS about her team's study that found less-educated young workers in lower-wage jobs are less likely to take up training or benefit as much as their white-collar counterparts in the job search process. 

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