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Tunisian court jails lawmaker over corruption charges (Al Jazeera)

A Tunisian lawmaker has been taken into custody after a court ordered his arrest on Sunday over tax fraud and money laundering charges. Mehdi Ben...

Settler attacks wreak havoc on Palestinians during olive harvest (Zena Al Tahhan, Al Jazeera)

Israeli settlers have committed violent, daily attacks against Palestinian villages and residents harvesting their olive trees over the past week. The attacks, which include beatings...

Syrian government, opposition to start drafting constitution (Kareem Chehayeb, Al Jazeera)

The Syrian government and opposition groups have agreed to start drafting new constitutional provisions during renewed United Nations-mandated negotiations in Geneva this week. “The two...

Shooting in Syria could mark new phase in Israeli campaign (Al Jazeera)

The death of a former Syrian Druze lawmaker, allegedly by Israeli sniper fire, could mark a new phase in what Israel calls its war...

Digital Service Delivery Spikes, Holds Steady in States (Noelle Knell, Government Technology)

When keeping the lights on became physically impossible as the pandemic swept the country, technology leaders in government turned to keeping the services available....

Can NYC Build an Ethical Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem? (Zack Quaintance, Government Technology)

New York City has released a 116-page strategic vision for how it plans to benefit from artificial intelligence as a community, with an emphasis...

How Can States, Feds Collaborate Better on Cybersecurity? (Jule Pattison-Gordon, Government Technology)

Something must change with federal information sharing and state and federal roles if states are to be most effective at responding to cyber criminals,...

America’s doughnut shaped Indo-Pacific strategy (Henry Storey, The Interpreter)

With the exception of India, the common thread linking the United States’ Indo-Pacific and broader China strategy so far has been the rallying of long-standing...

Australia needs to build total defence in the face of national crises (Joanne Nicholson, Marigold Black and Peter Dortmans, The Strategist)

In Australia, the prevailing view of mobilisation is that it is an activity associated with going to war. In the event of an armed...

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