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Trump’s phone call is what coup fever looks like

Like the little boy haunted by ghosts in the horror movie “The Sixth Sense,” President Donald Trump sees dead people everywhere. He thinks at least 5,000 of them voted in Georgia during the presidential election and were part of a broader conspiracy that deprived him of a victory in the state. In an unhinged, extraordinary phone call with Georgia Secretary ...

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Indonesia’s unicorn marriage is ‘risky’

An $18 billion merger between Indonesia’s transportation king Gojek and e-commerce giant PT Tokopedia would create the kind of champion Southeast Asia’s largest nation deserves. The real synergies may be hidden below the surface, just like the landmines they face. Both are ready for a possible deal, with a view towards an initial public offering, Bloomberg News wrote on Tuesday. ...

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What South Korea needs are births, immigrants

South Korea greeted the new year by recording its first annual population decline. Unfortunately, the go-to solutions are meeting some practical challenges in the Covid-19 era. Headcount dwindled slightly to 51.8 million last year, the Ministry of Interior and Safety said. The retreat was the product of a 10.6% slide in births, coupled with a 3.1% increase in deaths. South ...

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