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China can influence Russia. Will it?

China can influence Russia. Will it?

Apple News Today
Mar 18, 2022 13 min
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<p>China can influence Russia, but no one should get their hopes up about Beijing being able to stop the war in Ukraine, <a href="https://apple.news/AAKErb4eESZaTTphVbyPqsg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Time</a> argues.</p> <p>Recent bomb threats against historically Black colleges and universities are only the latest in a long, violent American history of attempts to keep Black people out of classrooms. The <a href="https://apple.news/AV1AS9zjgRke8WoIp8j_Szg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a> lays out why, while <a href="https://apple.news/AyIMHM_b1TgGBorwFRW4A0w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">ABC News</a> examines what the White House and Congress are doing to address the threats.</p> <p>People have very little legal protection against weight-based discrimination in the workplace. <a href="https://apple.news/Aq_RM5_BMSGq_CUCcWUf4eQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg Businessweek</a> looks at moves to change that.</p> <p>Sleep experts tell the <a href="https://apple.news/AVnFsNd-KShiNcvPaMmiNgg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> that a Senate bill to make daylight saving time permanent gets it wrong. They want standard time all year. A <a href="https://apple.news/Atn9W2IN_S4-EqSX7YiXhxQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> graphic shows what it would be like if American stopped changing its clocks. And <a href="https://apple.news/AZJ_mT6CUSnaGZDcVb80a9Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Road &amp; Track</a> looks into how lack of sleep can lead to dangerous driving.</p>

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