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A Canadian media partnership helps preserve a rare language. Plus: Monocle’s Andrew Mueller on the Brexit countdown.

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New official figures reveal a sudden spike in Brazilians moving to Portugal. Plus: how media coverage of the World Economic Forum in Davos could be improved.

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