Job hugging in a tough labor market

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September 11, 2025

TALKING POINTS

Calls for both calm and consequences follow Kirk killing

The suspected assassination of far-right activist Charlie Kirk has some public figures pleading for restraint, while others agitate for violent reprisals

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TODAY'S BIG QUESTION

Has Israel’s Qatar strike scuppered a ceasefire?

Netanyahu ‘gambles’ on ‘overwhelming strength’ rather than diplomacy in attack on Hamas negotiation team in Doha

quote of the day

‘It’s a mistake to think that America will ask for money for something and Japan will just give it. Japan did not become America’s ATM.’

Masahiko Hosokawa, a former senior official with Japan’s trade ministry, on recent trade deals by the U.S., to The New York Times. Uncertainty over trade comes as Japan’s prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, has announced his resignation.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Job hugging: the growing trend of clinging to your job

People are staying in their jobs longer than ever

UNDER THE RADAR

Burkina Faso's misinformation war

The president of the West African country has quickly become the face of a viral, AI-powered propaganda campaign

Picture of the day

New beginnings

Young deacons await the start of a service marking Enkutatash, the Ethiopian New Year, at the Entoto St. Raguel Church in Addis Ababa. Like Catholic altar boys, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church’s deacons, or diyaqon, assist during divine services and liturgy.
Luis Tato / AFP / Getty Images

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