April 19, 2021

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Law:

Top 25 Biglaw Firm Shares The Wealth With All U.S. Associates, Ignores Counsel
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This Law School Is Making Big Strides In Getting Grads Hired By Biglaw
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This Firm Will Require Lawyers, Staff To Be Vaccinated Before Returning To Work -- Or Else
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Sheppard Mullin, Paul Hastings Are Paying Out Special Bonuses to Staff
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Two Elite Firms Make It Rain Bonus Money For Their Hardest Workers
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Amazon Legal Chief’s Pay Topped $17 Million During Busy Year
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Lawyer linked to creation of $100 million New Jersey deli firm pleaded guilty in shell company scheme
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Prominent Dallas lawyer accused of agreeing to launder drug money for a cut of the profits
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'Lackluster performance' by Chauvin defense leaves experts debating trial's outcome Closing Arguments In Derek Chauvin Trial Set To Begin Monday Chauvin’s Appeal Groundwork is Set With Verdict Yet to Come Tense nation readies for Chauvin verdict US cities beef up security ahead of Chauvin verdict Defense expert in Derek Chauvin trial faces Maryland lawsuit
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NYPD Detective Filmed Using 'Banned' Chokehold Won’t Face Disciplinary Trial After Choosing to Retire
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Riot declared in Portland protests after police kill man
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Daunte Wright, Adam Toledo protests turn violent in cities across U.S. 'We failed Adam': Chicago's Little Village mourns 13-year-old's life cut short Police killing of Daunte Wright puts renewed focus on Minnesota town's racist past Brooklyn Center, Minnesota's Most Diverse City, Is In The Spotlight After Shooting Unrest in Minnesota town offers warning to other U.S. suburbs, experts say Mother of Daunte Wright's child grieves his fatherless future Police shooting of 13-year-old in Chicago leads to calls in the city for radical police reform Prosecutor placed on leave following comments about Adam Toledo Violent clashes in Chicago, NYC and Minnesota at BLM protests over police shootings of Adam Toledo and Daunte Wright Officials: One Hundred Arrested in Brooklyn Center Riot, Emergency Curfew Put in Place
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In Minneapolis, armed patrol group tries to keep the peace
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Police, other civil servants donate to Kyle Rittenhouse defense
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They're the military's most elite. In secret online groups, some spew racism, conspiracies.
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We Need a NTSB for Police Killings
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Tamir Rice's family asks Justice Department to reopen case into police killing
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Get police out of the business of traffic stops
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Police Dislocated Shoulder of 73-Year-Old Woman, Who Had Dementia, After She Forgot to Pay Walmart $13.88: Lawsuit
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Cops can't be allowed to police themselves if we want real criminal justice reform
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Publisher won't distribute book by officer in Breonna Taylor case Breonna Taylor's Mom Slams BLM Chapter
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How the Supreme Court Helped Create 'Driving While Black'
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Daunte Wright and the grim financial incentive behind traffic stops
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The Myth of the Dangerous Traffic Stop Is Killing Black Men in America
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Attorneys for Black Army officer threatened by police criticize response as chief refuses to apologize
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How a viral police pepper-spray incident has illuminated racial tensions in a small Virginia town
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Justice Department sues Trump ally Roger Stone, alleging millions in unpaid taxes Here’s What Roger Stone Says About the Lawsuit Which Claims He Owes the IRS ‘Nearly $2 Million’
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Jeffrey Epstein's Plea Deal Doesn't Protect Ghislaine Maxwell, Judge Rules in Rejecting Dismissal Motions Maxwell Must Stand Trial as Judge Denies Request to Dismiss Case
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'Violence to the Statutory Text': Two Female Judges Issue Blistering Dissents as Court Rules Epstein Victims Can't Sue Over Prosecutors Who Lied About Sweetheart Deal
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Prosecutors secure first guilty plea in Capitol riot cases Iced Earth Guitarist Who Became Emblem of Pro-Trump Mob Is First Capitol Rioter to Plead Guilty Founding member of Oath Keepers enters first public guilty plea in Jan. 6 Capitol breach 'I think of it all the time': Capitol riot survivors reflect 100 days later Iowa man tried to steal gun from D.C. officer during Capitol riot, prosecutors say Pennsylvania woman charged in Capitol riot may face jail over mesh mask Judge Orders ‘Bullhorn Lady’ to Explain Why She Shouldn't Be Jailed for Mocking Court Order by Wearing Hole-Filled Mask in Public A man charged with beating a police officer at the Capitol riot has been forced to stay in jail before his trial because he tried to flee to Switzerland, judge says Three Accused U.S. Capitol Rioters Indicted for Assaulting Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone and Stealing His Badge Capitol riot defendants use journalism as defense against charges
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Biden administration shifts hundreds of agents from northern to southern border HHS employee dies while helping at shelter for unaccompanied migrant children in Houston White House says Biden will allow more refugees after Democrats blasted announcement of sharp limits Biden's immigration backtrack leaves cloud of confusion over the White House Mexico detaining twice as many Central American migrants as last year 'Nobody would tell me anything': Immigrant parents struggle to find children in U.S. custody Border fiasco spurs a blame game inside Biden world
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FedEx killings mark return of mass workplace shootings paused by pandemic 8 FedEx employees killed in shooting at Indianapolis facility; suspect also dead Sikh community mourns loss of four in Indianapolis FedEx mass shooting FBI says it interviewed FedEx mass shooter last year Indianapolis shooter was former FedEx employee, had had gun seized by police, authorities say ‘A Sight That No One Should Ever Have to See’: Police Believe Mass Shooter Used Rifle to Murder 8 People Before Killing Himself at Indianapolis FedEx Map reveals where 54 mass shootings erupted over past MONTH as CNN host says there’s an ‘active shooter situation in US’ White House faces pressure to act after string of mass shootings Gunman in FedEx shooting legally purchased assault rifles used in attack, police say Gunman in Indianapolis FedEx shooting used two legally purchased assault rifles, police say Suspects arrested, victim identified in Nebraska mall shooting Active shooter reported in Arboretum area in NW Austin, 3 killed Three dead and two injured after gunman opens fire in Wisconsin bar Biden mourns Indianapolis shooting, says gun violence has 'become too normal' Boehner: Mass shootings 'embarrassing our country' Mass shootings in the U.S. in 2021
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Amid calls for gun reform, Texas advanced a bill to allow open carry without a permit
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18-Year-Old Saadiq Teague Arrested After Being Spotted With AK-47 At Times Square Subway Station Times Square AK-47 Suspect Had Just Lost His Dad in a Police Shootout
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San Antonio officer kills two after driver opens fire at traffic stop, police say
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4 officers injured in Sacramento protests
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Maxine Waters tells Minnesota BLM protesters 'to get more confrontational' one day after violent anti-police clashes erupted across US
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Minnesota man accused of dragging, assaulting police officer in mask dispute
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As mask mandates end, Oregon bucks trend with permanent rule
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Alex Jones Faces His Reckoning
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Broadway producer Scott Rudin steps aside amid accusations of abusive behavior going back decades, apologizes for pain he caused Scott Rudin’s bad behavior was just another Hollywood cliche until a new generation said time’s up
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R. Kelly to be moved to NYC for sex-trafficking trial
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Mother says in jailhouse interview that she killed her three children
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Florida nurse accused of threatening to kill VP Kamala Harris
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Attorney General Garland rescinds Trump-era memo curtailing consent decrees
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Garland rolls back Trump-era restrictions on forcing local police reforms
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Attorneys For E. Jean Carroll Tell Federal Appeals Court That Letting DOJ Represent Trump Would Be “Both Wrong and Dangerous” Trump Rape Accuser Asks Court to Keep Defamation Suit Alive
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Threats of sham lawsuit against well-known singer constitute a crime, 9th Circuit says
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Released Man Left Jail In Stolen Police Car
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Texas court tosses sentence of state’s longest-serving death row inmate
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Florida man sentenced to federal prison after posing as immigration attorney
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Neighbor who tossed an elderly Jewish woman off a balcony while yelling 'Allahu Akbar' avoids trial because he smoked weed
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Judges:

The Delaware Bankruptcy Court Appoints Newest Judge
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BK CO: Term Law Clerk Positions Available
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Availability of a Bankruptcy Judgeship Position in the Middle District of Florida at Orlando
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Most Americans want to end lifetime Supreme Court appointments for justices
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Lauren Boebert says adding Supreme Court judges is an 'act of political terrorism'
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Democratic Rep. Mondaire Jones calls on Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire
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Originalist Sinners And Saints
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Wall Street:

Stock futures dip after Dow, S&P 500 close at record highs
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Wall Street analysts battle weight loss, high blood pressure and mental health issues from long hours
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Biden Pick Gary Gensler is Sworn In as SEC Chairman
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Layoffs:

As the tourism industry returns, 3 million workers wait for a callback
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Union Pacific closing East Texas repair facility, eliminating up to 57 jobs
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Mass Torts:

Multiple children molested at Atlanta summer camp, police say
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Elementary school principal charged with sexually abusing 9 boys in New York state
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Boy Scout bankruptcy brings forward thousands of claims of abuse in PA
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The Hartford agrees to pay $650M in Boy Scouts bankruptcy The Hartford Agrees To Settlement With The Boy Scouts Of America And Pre-announces Estimated First Quarter Prior Year Development And Catastrophe Losses
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Maritime:

The operators of the Ever Given may be forced to unload its 18,000 cargo containers onto other ships, report says
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Hanjin’s returning charters and selling ships, depressing global shipping assets
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Banking:

Big Banks Rake in Record Profits as Stimulus Props Up Consumers
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Credit Suisse Is Sued Over Greensill Capital and Archegos Credit Suisse Archegos Hit May Swell by $400 Million After Sales
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Morgan Stanley Burned by $911 Million of Losses on Archegos
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Crypto:

Crypto Markets Crash on US Crackdown
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Politics:

Trump's grip on GOP looms as support falters for independent probe of Capitol riot Pelosi renews call for Congress to investigate the Capitol insurrection
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GOP House Impeachers See Flood of Donations, Defying Trump’s Scorn
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GOP White House hopefuls move forward as Trump considers run RNC chairwoman under pressure to show more independence from Trump GOP leaders diverge on Trump, putting party in limbo
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Trump looms over Senate's anti-Asian hate crimes battle
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Republicans are blowing up their own agenda to 'own the libs'
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Biden Nears 100-Day Mark With Strong Approval, Positive Rating for Vaccine Rollout
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How Michigan Republicans could sidestep Whitmer to enact voting restrictions
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GOP sheds college-educated voters
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As Biden approaches 100th day in office, Republicans admit difficulties in attacking his agenda
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Hard-right Republicans forming new caucus to protect 'Anglo-Saxon political traditions'
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Rep. Greene tries to distance herself from 'America First Caucus' document denounced as racist
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Gaetz friend was lightning rod for controversy in Florida Gaetz and DeSantis: A friendship that may become a liability How ‘Papa Gaetz’ tells you everything you need to know about Matt Gaetz
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Michigan GOP official blames maskless colleagues for his covid-19: 'Masks and vaccines shouldn't be political'
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Why more CEOs are willing to address 'thorny political issues' like voting rights
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The Sound and Fury of Corporate America (Signifying Nothing?)
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'Voter suppression' or 'voter fraud'? A Quinnipiac poll shows Democrats and Republicans are totally split on which is the real threat Voter suppression bills are the first move in a bigger battle
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Why Have Texas’s Restrictive Voter Bills Received Less Corporate Pushback Than the Ones in Georgia?
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NAACP, teachers union part of group buying $1M ad spot in federal voting rights bill fight
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House is set to vote on D.C. statehood
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Poll: More Texas voters say they'd back McConaughey over Abbott for governor Hollywood star Matthew McConaughey has a double-digit lead over Gov. Greg Abbott in latest Texas gubernatorial election poll
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Pelosi mocked Ocasio-Cortez and the Squad by talking like a baby: 'See how perfect I am and how pure?'
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The GOP’s big bulk book-buying machine is boosting Republicans on the bestseller lists
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George Bush Reinvented as a Progressive
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The Secrets of QAnon's Appeal
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Economy:

The pandemic may have caused 200,000 business closures - fewer than expected
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Q1 GDP Forecasts: Around 7%
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U.S. consumer sentiment rises along with inflation expectations
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Is This a Roaring Twenties Economy?
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Moms Are Struggling to Break Back Into the U.S. Workforce
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Five questions ahead for the recovering economy
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Fed’s Waller Says U.S. Economy ‘Ready to Rip’ With Strong Growth
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World Economy Continues Recovery, Alternative Data Show
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Inflation Isn't Coming, It's Already Here
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Covid Will Leave Deep Scars in World Economy Even After Recovery
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Employers are hiring again but struggling to find workers 4 things that might explain the labor shortage hitting the reopening American economy
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GOP agrees on one thing: Biden's infrastructure plan is bad. Now comes the hard part.
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Republicans say less than 6% of Biden's plan is traditional infrastructure. BofA says it's more like half.
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Republicans have an idea who should pay to overhaul the country's infrastructure: average people
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Structural, but solvable: These programs could be key to breaking cycle of poverty
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Two blocks from the Federal Reserve, a growing encampment of the homeless grips the economy's most powerful person
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Even as supply lines strain, Biden is in no rush to scrap Trump's steel tariffs Dirty Dollars in the US Steel Industry
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The US is facing a supply-chain crisis as 21 cargo ships float off the coast of LA waiting to dock
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Whitmer: State won't close down again following GOP lawsuits
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Poll: 56 percent say wealth tax is part of solution to inequality
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NYC Mayor Says It’s Time for Employees to Return to the Office
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New York City Area Services Show First Signs of Revival in April
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US Debt Clock
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World Debt Clock
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How People Really Live
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Real Estate:

Black Knight: Number of Homeowners in COVID-19-Related Forbearance Plans Decreased Slightly
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Fearing foreclosure crisis, U.S. watchdog cracks down on mortgage servicers
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Advocates hammer Biden over landlords defying eviction ban
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March US home construction jumps to fastest pace since 2006 Housing Starts increased to 1.739 Million Annual Rate in March Comments on March Housing Starts
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Home prices are up 17% over the past year, while inventory remains low: Redfin
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Existing Home Sales: Lawler vs. the Consensus
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California March Housing: Sales up 20% YoY, Active Listings down 51% YoY
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Home Bidding Wars Are Most Intense in These U.S. Metro Areas
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Amol Sarva regrets getting into bed with “consummate Wall Street type” Howard Lutnick - Knotel cofounder said he didn’t properly vet his partners
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Queen Ka?ahumanu Center Struggles Along as Foreclosure Case Is Litigated
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Commercial landlords look to grocery stores to fill retail vacancies
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Municipalities:

Andrew Yang leads new NYC mayoral poll — despite string of gaffes
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Oil/Gas:

US oil drillers ‘dying on the vine’ as PE flight prompts funding drought
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BP to Stop Flaring of Natural Gas in Permian Basin by 2025
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Historic Oil Glut Amassed During the Pandemic Has Almost Gone
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Gas Is the New Coal With Risk of $100 Billion in Stranded Assets
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Toyota to Electrify 90 Vehicles by 2025
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Autos:

Hertz Global Shares Surge on Bankruptcy Bidding War Knighthead, Certares sweeten bid to fund Hertz's bankruptcy exit
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Car rental costs are spiking — if you can even find a vehicle A 'perfect storm' is causing massive rental-car shortages, and prices are skyrocketing up to $700 a day in popular destinations
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Tesla With ‘No One’ Driving Crashes in Texas, Killing Two Men
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Florida Lender Preps Risky Subprime Auto Bond
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Covid Hits Ram Truck Plant in Michigan
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Utilities:

Texas Freeze Strands Municipalities With Sky-High Power Tabs
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‘A Failure of Texas-Size Proportions’—State Struggles to Overhaul Its Power Market
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California Toughens PG&E Wildfire Safety Oversight
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Power companies urge Biden to implement policies to cut emissions 80% by 2030
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Newspapers:

Swiss billionaire backs out of offer to buy Tribune Publishing Co.
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I've worked for two billionaires. Here's my advice for rich people who want to buy a newspaper.
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Movie Theaters:

Movie Theater Owners Fret As Federal Government Struggles To Get Covid-19 Relief Program Up And Running
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Billionaire Caruso Studying Option of Taking Over Malls’ Cinemas
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Fitness:

Consumer Safety Agency Warns People With Children To Stop Using The Peloton Tread+
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People are buying muscly bodysuits so they can look ripped without the gym
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Climate:

Feuds set aside as U.S. and China agree to cooperate on climate change
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US West prepares for possible 1st water shortage declaration
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Philippines braced for ‘strongest super typhoon on record’ as 190mph Surigae closes in sparking flash flood warnings
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Food/Beverage:

Lawsuit Targets Massive Restaurant Group’s Practice of Paying Servers Less Than Minimum Wage
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Another Popular Regional Burger Chain Just Filed For Bankruptcy Meatheads, lender LQD Financial Corp. resolve bankruptcy dispute
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After 13 months of crisis, Blue Star Donuts lives on
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Non-Profits:

NRA's Ex-Top Finance Officer Questions Whether Gun Group Could Survive without Wayne LaPierre's Fundraising
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NRA’s LaPierre Voiced Fear of Prison Time, Ad Exec Testifies
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Hotels:

Travel Boom Coming, Expedia CEO Says: 'Hotels Will Come Screaming Back'
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Bankrupt Queen Mary operator left more than $20 million in urgently needed repairs, court filing says
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Theme Parks:

California Theme Parks See Weekend Tickets Sell Out on Reopening
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County Board Approves Bankruptcy Settlement with Playland Operator
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Telecoms:

California PUC Unanimously OKs Frontier’s Exit From Bankruptcy Frontier Clears Final Hurdle, Prepares To Exit Bankruptcy
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Music:

Queen were close to bankruptcy before A Night at the Opera success
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Horse Racing:

Bankruptcy Trustee Warns of Risk that Zayat Will Wipe Away Electronic Records
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Festivals:

Hundreds Of Fyre Festival Ticket Holders Poised To Win Payout In Class-Action Suit Facebook Twitter Flipboard Email
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Retailing:

Struggling mall department stores have been pushed to the edge of extinction during pandemic
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March retail market: Sales chill below expectations; 3 new bankruptcies
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Celebs:

‘RHOBH’ Star Dorit Kemsley Desperate To Unload $8 Million Mansion Following Husband PK’s Financial Problems
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John Oliver takes a deep dive into how personal bankruptcy works Animated John Oliver explains the cartoonish villainy of personal bankruptcy laws
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Healthcare:

Tower Health faces critical choices in the coming weeks, months
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Biden officials rescind Trump's okay for Texas' $100-billion-plus Medicaid plan
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Global COVID-19 Dashboard Worldwide Covid-19 death toll tops 3 million as crisis deepens Brazil, India and France New global coronavirus cases nearly double in two months WHO Warns of Global Surge in New Covid Cases
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Michigan infections spike, unfilled vaccine appointments rise
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Doctors see troubling results from delayed treatments during the pandemic
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Biden administration to put $1.7 billion toward tracking Covid variants
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Dogs can sniff out positive coronavirus samples with 96% accuracy - study
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Otters at Georgia Aquarium test positive for Covid-19
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Florida’s COVID variant cases explode after spring break
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Fauci says he doesn't believe health officials will 'just cancel' Johnson & Johnson vaccine Fauci Sees Decision by Friday on How to Proceed With J&J Vaccine South African Regulator Recommends Lifting J&J Covid Vaccine Ban
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America hits the vaccine wall: Thousands of appointments go unfilled as states across the nation warn that 'hesitancy' to get the shots threatens to derail rollout Vaccines are sitting on shelves in these states. They're getting desperate to give them out Many veterans don't trust coronavirus vaccines. For a VA crew in the rural West, that means changing minds, one by one 'I Don't Want That' - France Struggles to Pitch AstraZeneca Vaccine Canada’s Ontario to Expand Use of AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine as Epidemic Rages
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CDC: Half of US adults have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose
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Covid Survivors May Require Just One Shot of a Two-Dose Vaccine
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Having COVID doesn’t guarantee immunity, study of Marine recruits finds
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All about your coronavirus vaccine card (and what to do if you lose it)
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Moderna plans to have third vaccine booster shot ready by fall
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A West Virginia town was beating back addiction crisis. Then came Covid.
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'The pandemic trade-off': Some parents are reassessing which kids' activities feel safe
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A leading conspiracy theorist who thought COVID-19 was a hoax died from the virus after hosting illegal house parties
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People getting vaccinated means family reunions can finally begin. This is how mine went.
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Bankruptcy Statistics:

U.S. Oil Bankruptcies Shoot Up In Q1 2021
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Bankruptcy Reform:

John Oliver Explains How Joe Biden Made Bankruptcy Worse
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Finance:

The Federal Government Will Now Give PPP Loans to Borrowers in Bankruptcy
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Corporate Governance:

Director Fiduciary Duties May Extend Post-Closing in Multi-Stage Transactions
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Aviation:

Boeing Finds Electrical Issue in New Areas of 737 Max Cockpit
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Despite vaccines, many trips still out of reach
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Vaccinated travelers should still avoid eating and drinking on planes, experts say
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Vaccinated Countries Wary of Relapse Stunt Air Travel Reopening
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No time to cool your jets: the risk takers who see the aviation crisis as just a blip
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Australia-New Zealand travel bubble begins, allowing quarantine-free travel for first time in 400 days
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Huge scale of Flybe debts revealed and creditors may not be paid
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Cebu Pacific completes raising $500-M recovery fund
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Labor:

The union's defeat at Amazon is shaking up the labor movement and exposing a rift between organizers
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Education:

American, Georgetown universities join growing list of campuses to require coronavirus vaccines
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Jerry Falwell Jr. sued by Liberty University for millions over sex, extortion scandal
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Eric Holder Is Billing Public University $2,295 Per Hour for Investigation into 'Discrimination, Retaliation and Racism'
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Pharma:

Drugmakers Go on Trial Over Opioid Epidemic
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Senators to Biden: Waive vaccine intellectual property rules
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Empire of Pain review: the Sacklers, opioids and the sickening of America
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Court Blasts Drug-Maker Endo For Trying To "Improperly Corrupt" Opioid Trial
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Fraud:

A New York City investment manager has been charged with stealing over $2.4 million through PPP loans
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EY’s Wirecard Audits Faulted by German Parliament Investigator
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Another West Point Cheating Scandal
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Personal Finance:

Doing laundry ‘highlight of week’ for third of Americans beyond bored from pandemic isolation
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Sovereigns:

After taking a huge loan from China, Montenegro wants Europe's help to pay it back
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Argentina Seeks Paris Club Deal Amid IMF Talks, Guzman Says
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Venezuela Cut Off From Share of IMF’s $650 Billion New Reserves
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UK:

Akin Gump to Welcome Partner Clare Cottle in London
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U.K. Keeps Close Eye on Covid Variants Posing Risk to Reopening
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Johnson cancels trip to India due to coronavirus worries
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U.K. Economy Picks Up Steam as Hiring Restarts With Lockdown End
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Queen Elizabeth, paying heed to Covid-19 rules, sat alone Royal fans defy Covid restrictions, flock to Windsor to say farewell With all eyes on feuding brothers, Harry and William give fans reason to smile on somber day Harry and William 'chatted about how funeral was what Philip wanted', lip reader claims No eulogies, but funeral remembered Prince Philip's 'unwavering loyalty' to the queen Prince Charles to become ‘quasi-king’ but Queen will never abdicate, royal expert claims
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U.K. Defends Cameron as Scale of Greensill Lobbying Scandal Grows Further It’s a Fine Line Between Sleaze and Advocacy in Latest U.K. Scandal
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U.N. Experts Scathing About 'Tone-Deaf' UK Report on Racial Equality
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Mental health hospital owed £2m to staff and creditors when it shut
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EU:

France Sees EU Coordinating on Trips From Variant-Hit Countries
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Draghi Is Betting the House With Europe’s Biggest Stimulus Plan Italy’s Draghi Announces Reopenings in Bet on ‘Good Debt’
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Canada:

Insolvency trustees signal warning about post-pandemic financial stress
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Don't blame CCAA process for Laurentian University's financial troubles, insolvency expert says
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Sudbury MP's bill would prevent other universities from filing for creditor protection
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Trudeau to Pile on Record Debt Steering Canada Out of Pandemic
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Canada's Trudeau mobilizes federal workers to battle COVID-19 in Toronto and rest of Ontario
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Police Balk at New Edict as Ontario Brings In Emergency Measures
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Brazil:

Brazil urges women to delay pregnancy until the coronavirus pandemic has passed over claims new variant is more dangerous to expectant mothers
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Uruguay:

From hero to zero: Uruguay's coronavirus boomerang
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China:

The Puzzle of Chinese Bankruptcy Law
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Whose Voice, Whose Interests?
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A Solution for SME Insolvencies?: Recent Judicial Experimentation with Simplified Insolvency Rules in China
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Hesitant Enterprise Bankruptcy Law Reform: A Missed Opportunity to Resolve “Zombie Companies”?
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Corporate Insolvency Law in China: 10 Years on
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China Huarong panic eases after government breaks silence Huarong Debacle Highlights Problems at Hundreds of Chinese Banks
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China's economy is roaring back, a year after coronavirus shutdown China's growth surges to 18.3% but rebound leveling off
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China’s Catering Sector Output Jumps as Recovery Gathers Pace
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Economists sound alarm on China gaming free market to gain world domination
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China’s Bad Loan Managers Face Growing Pressure on Core Business
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China's Bad Bank Has Investors Spooked
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Investment in China’s NPL market
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MENA:

Israel Economy Grew at 6.5% Annualized Rate as Car Imports Jump
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Why the Indian COVID mutation should worry Israelis
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Potholes, graffiti, broken streetlights: Lebanon's crumbling capital
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Australia:

An invasion of corporate zombies may still be on the horizon
(DBN)

Sydney Virus Cases Transmitted During Quarantine Raise Concerns
(DBN)

Australian Leaders to Meet on Vaccine Plan to Speed Up Rollout
(DBN)

Australia Records Third Death ‘Likely Linked’ to AstraZeneca Jab
(DBN)

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Japan:

Japan, Pfizer Agree on More Vaccine Supply by End of September
(DBN)

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Zimbabwe:

Zimbabwe President Says ‘Fight Still On’ to Fix Broken Economy
(DBN)

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India:

'Dire need of beds, oxygen': India's capital under siege from COVID-19
(DBN)

Top seer at India religious mega-festival dies from Covid-19
(DBN)

Delhi locks down as COVID chokes Indian health system India's Delhi to Lock Down for Six Days as COVID-19 Outbreak Worsens
(DBN)

India is dealing with a vaccine shortage during a new wave of Covid-19
(DBN)

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Argentina:

Argentine court orders city schools in Buenos Aires to open despite COVID-19 surge Argentines rebel against new pandemic restrictions even as ICUs fill
(DBN)

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France:

France imposes travel restrictions on four countries to keep out coronavirus variants
(DBN)

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Africa:

Hunger Deepens in West Africa, With 31 Million People at Risk
(DBN)

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Fiji:

Fiji orders cities into lockdown over first case of COVID-19 community transmission in over a year
(DBN)

____________

Turkey:

Turkey Daily Virus Deaths Hit Record Even After New Measures
(DBN)

____________

Chile:

First Dose of Chinese Covid-19 Vaccine Offers Little Protection, Chile Learns
(WSJ)

____________

Singapore:

Vendors not buying Naiise founder Dennis Tay bankruptcy story, say money woes began since 2016
(DBN)

____________

New Zealand:

Insolvency Survey Shines Light On Kiwi Business Issues
(DBN)

____________

Philippines:

‘We’ve cried ourselves dry’: COVID overwhelms Manila hospitals
(DBN)

____________

South Korea:

Saving SsangYong Motor What options are left for SsangYong Motor under court receivership?
(DBN)

____________

Japan:

Japan's hard-hit regions may slide back to COVID-19 state of emergency
(DBN)

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