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The Six Billion Dollar Man review – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s rise, fall and limbo

Cannes film festivalFocusing on the rogue’s gallery of hypocrites and crooks surrounding him, Assange himself is in the background of a pretty definitive examinationJulian Assange sits at the centre of this gripping account of the WikiLeaks founder’s rise, fall and protracted seven-year limbo inside the Ecuadorian embassy. Eugene Jarecki’s documentary takes its title from the […]

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Kosovo arrests eight linked to canal explosion as tensions with Serbia rise

Pristina labels incident ‘terrorist act’ by neighbouring country, activating armed forces to prevent more attacksKosovo’s interior minister, Xhelal Sveçla, said on Saturday that police had arrested eight people after an explosion hit a canal that sends water to its two main power plants, an incident Pristina labelled a “terrorist act” by neighbouring Serbia.Serbia’s president, Aleksandar […]

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Procurement Watchdog Launches Probe Into ‘Bait and Switch’ Practices Across 5 Federal Departments

Canada’s federal procurement watchdog has launched a review into a contracting method known as “bait and switch,” a practice that occurs when suppliers identified in a winning procurement bid are not the same ones who perform the work. Bait and switch occurs when suppliers apply for contracts by proposing “highly qualified individuals,” but later substitute […]

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