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More than half of Australian companies have improved their gender pay gap, compared to last year. But for every $1 a man earns, women, on average, still only earn 78 cents.

The gender pay gap is not about "equal pay for equal work", but aims to quantify the difference between the average earnings of women and men in the workforce.

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Anyone can view the gender pay gaps at companies that employ more than 5 million Australian workers, and their plans to reduce the gap.

From airlines to banks, fixing Canada’s competition problem starts with smarter domestic reforms.

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The chancellor of the University of Helsinki told a newspaper last month that US authorities had pressured the university to remove certain terms from its press release about Fulbright scholarships.

Iranian Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif has stepped down on the "advice" of the country's judiciary chief, Gholam Hossein Mohseni-Ejei.

Experts expect Trump’s team to lean on legal arguments, not science, to take down EPA’s 16-year-old endangerment finding.

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Aid will cease entering Gaza from today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office has announced.

Mr Netanyahu's office says Hamas's decision to reject an extension of the temporary ceasefire has forced its hand.

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The prime minister's office warned of "additional consequences" if Hamas did not accept what Israel said was a US proposal for an extension of the ceasefire.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order declaring English as the official language of the United States, saying it will help ensure a "unified and cohesive society” in a nation that has long prided itself on being the “melting pot of the world.”