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Dual-nationality crisis claims eighth Australian lawmaker

Bloomberg A dual-citizenship crisis roiling Australian politics has claimed its eighth lawmaker, with independent Senator Jacqui Lambie resigning after revealing she contravened the constitution. “I probably should have been a bit smarter and checked that citizenship stuff,” Lambie, 46, told reporters in Canberra after it was confirmed she inherited British citizenship from her Scottish-born father. “I don’t know who feels ...

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Surprise! Obamacare enrollment is rising

Donald Trump wants Obamacare to implode. That’s not a mischievous inference from his legislative misadventures; that’s a direct quote. “As I said from the beginning, let ObamaCare implode, then deal. Watch!” It’s thus somewhat surprising that on his watch, enrollment currently seems to be on track for its best year ever. In the first four days, 601,462 people signed up ...

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Singapore’s property boom is missing a key ingredient

Singapore’s housing market is ticking all the right boxes for revival. Except one. Private residential prices are up, quarter on quarter, after almost four years of continuous declines. Land prices are rising, both in government tenders and in bids to redevelop old condos — an activity known as en bloc sales that has picked up to the point where it’s ...

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