Top 5: No t(h)anks yet from Berlin; New Zeeland PM quits; Charles Michel to Kiev; Microsoft fires 10 000; Long read: the Chinese Revolution

by SQUID Business Team

Ukraine updates: Zelenskyy criticizes German tank hesitation

(DW) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized the hesitation of the German government over supplying Leopard tanks.

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Jacinda Ardern: New Zealand PM quits citing burnout

(BBC) Jacinda Ardern is quitting as New Zealand prime minister ahead of this year’s election saying she no longer has “enough in the tank” to lead.

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Charles Michel travels to Kyiv to meet Zelenskyy

(Politico) Visit comes amid increasing pressure from Kyiv on Western governments, particularly Germany, to arm Ukraine with modern tanks.

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Microsoft to lay off 10,000 people

(Al Jazeera) Microsoft Corp has said it will eliminate 10,000 jobs and take a $1.2bn charge as its cloud-computing customers dissect their spending and the company braces for potential recession.

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A tragedy pushed to the shadows: the truth about China’s Cultural Revolution

It is impossible to understand China without understanding this decade of horror, and the ways in which it scarred the entire nation. So why do some of that era’s children still look back on it with fondness?

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