August 19, 2022

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Law:

Financial 'Doom And Gloom' For Biglaw? Maybe Not!
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The Legal Profession's Sisyphus Is Getting Really Tired
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Does Gibson Dunn's Diversity Chief Partner Splash Nudge Big Law?
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Firm sorry after lawyers accidentally promised big bonuses
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Texas lawmaker leaves BakerHostetler for new law firm after proposal to penalize abortion aid
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Effective Law Office Design: Inspiring and enhancing workplace culture
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Paralegal uses LinkedIn to launch public attack on her firm
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3 Project Management Tips For The New In-House Lawyer
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Female lawyer awarded £150k payout for sex discrimination
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Secret Service withheld Pelosi threat from Capitol Police until Jan. 6 riot was underway: watchdog Another Texan Pleads Guilty for Jan. 6 Riot
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Judge Orders Justice Dept. to Redact and Release Version of Affidavit Used to Search Trump's Home How Trump Benefits From Judge Releasing Affidavit for FBI Search 'That Tells You Everything You Need to Know': Trump Lawyers Noticeably Silent During Hearing on Probable Cause Affidavit's Release Trump aides think a family member informed on him to the FBI because agents knew where to find a specific leather case, report says Top DOJ official: Trump Mar-a-Lago investigation still in 'early stages' Trump Doesn't Actually Want FBI Footage Released: Ex-Official Trump impeachment attorney: Better for information from search warrant affidavit to come out now What's the crime in keeping classified documents? Trump — and the nation — may find out The Espionage Act Has Been Abused — But Not in Trump's Case Crack Dealers Understand FBI Warrants Better Than Trump's Crack Team Of Lawyers Classified Docs and Mar-a-Lago Affidavit: What We Do Know, What We Don't Trump Is Threatening Payback for Mar-a-Lago Feds Used WhatsApp to Seek Warrant for 'Contraband, Fruits of a Crime, or Other Items Illegally Possessed' at Mar-a-Lago: Unsealed Document
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Donald Trump's Got 99 problems, And A Snitch Is Only One
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Once hated by the left, FBI is now US conservatives' evil demon
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Now GOP is Attacking IRS
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Trump Organization CFO pleads guilty in tax evasion case Longtime Trump CFO Weisselberg Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud Ex-CFO Allen Weisselberg Pleads Guilty to 15 Crimes in NYC Tax Fraud Case, Agrees to Testify Against Trump Organization Trump Organization former chief financial officer jailed for tax fraud
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Looking for a Thankless Job Opportunity? Join the Trump Legal Team Today! Trump denies 'FAKE NEWS' he's struggling to build legal defense team
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Georgia governor files motion to quash subpoena in state's 2020 probe Kemp fights subpoena from Atlanta-area Trump probe after talks break down
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NYC Man Who Threatened to Murder 3 Fox News Anchors Ducks Prosecution Twice in Less Than a Year
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Democratic AGs call on appellate court to uphold injunction on Alabama law banning gender-affirming care
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Florida prosecutor sues governor over suspension, claiming free speech violations
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Black Professors and Student File Lawsuit Against Florida's 'Stop WOKE Act,' Calling It 'Racially Motivated Censorship' in Aftermath of George Floyd's Murder Florida's 'Stop Woke Act' for Workplaces Blocked by Federal Judge
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Wendy's Employee Now Faces Murder Case After Punching Customer Who Complained About Food Order: Cops
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Chicago Cop Charged After Viral Video Showed Him Kneeling on Teen
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Woman describes frequent abuse by R Kelly before she was 18
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Connecticut Man Sentenced to Decades in Prison After Fitbit Data Undermines Story About Wife's Death in Basement
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Chicago: 37 Murder Convictions Overturned
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Judges:

Justice Amy Coney Barrett hasn't disappointed conservative supporters—so far
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Selina Meyer's New Project: Getting People To Care About State Supreme Court Elections
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State Chief Justice Fires Entire Public Defense Commission And Her Explanation... Isn't Very Good
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In Blistering Dissent, U.S. Circuit Judge Slams New York AG's Office for 'Sinister' Defense of Local Prosecutor's 'Misbegotten Victory' in 2009 Rape Case
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NJ Court Welcomes 7 Judges in Novel Ceremony
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The "Imperial Supreme Court" Is Just Getting Started
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Wall Street:

Stock futures fall, putting S&P 500 on track to snap a 4-week winning streak
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S&P 500 and Nasdaq end Thursday slightly higher as summer rally struggles
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Hedge funds are sitting on a record level of bearish bets on the stock market
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Layoffs:

Crypto.com laid off 260 employees — then quietly let go of hundreds more
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Transamerica and parent company cut 59 jobs
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Layoffs reportedly strike again at AAG
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Festivals:

High-Flying Travel Startup Pollen Collapses, Leaving Trail of Complaints
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Nursing Homes:

CCRC's bankruptcy plan is pure 'fantasy,' landlord says
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Politics:

Cook Political Report shifts Pa. Senate race in favor of Democrats
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Cheney Releases Voice Mail as Opponent Wins Then Lies
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Michigan governor's race could cost $100 million as DeVos family spends millions to oust Whitmer
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Arizona Republicans Grapple with the Rising Fringe
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DOJ, in work to curb attacks on election workers, charges man for threatening phone call
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DeSantis Announces Voter-Fraud Arrests on Eve of Florida Primary
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Republicans Turn Against the League of Women Voters
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Louie Gohmert leaves Congress having passed one law and spread countless falsehoods
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Economy:

Fewer Americans file for jobless benefits last week Jobless claims edge lower as Fed looks to cool labor market Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims decrease to 250,000
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Treasury yields move higher following jobless claims report
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Turning down a $300K job, relocating: Roe's end is changing millennials' plans
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Google workers demand equal abortion benefits as bans begin Google employees circulate petition demanding abortion benefits for contractors
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Five ways the Inflation Reduction Act will reduce business owners' taxes
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Ranked: Top 10 Countries by Military Spending
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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:

Home sales dropped in July, the sixth month in a row. Home sales fell nearly 6% in July as housing market slides into a recession NAR: Existing-Home Sales Decreased to 4.81 million SAAR in July More Analysis on July Existing Home Sales
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Home Appraised With a Black Owner: $472,000. With a White Owner: $750,000.
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California Needs More Housing. Unions Might Stand in the Way.
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Municipalities:

Rating cuts follow a Missouri city's bankruptcy warning
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Puerto Rico HTA arguments focus on investment funds' dispute with Assured
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Oil/Gas:

Mozambique to Export First LNG as Global Natural-Gas Prices Soar
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Personal Finance:

41-year-old early retiree: These 7 'unpopular money opinions' helped me become a millionaire
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Agribusiness:

Why Great Plains agriculture is particularly vulnerable to drought
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Fraud:

Is A Fraud A Fraud If It's A Pandemic Relief Fraud Too Small To Draw A Fraud Probe?
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Crytpto:

Why Bankrupt Celsius Is Up 20%
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Celsius Bankruptcy Investigated by Independent Examiner US Trustee motions for examiner to probe Celsius' 'significant transparency issues'
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Bankrupt Voyager Sells Crypto Platform Coinify For $2 Million
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Celsius Customers Feel Betrayed as Bankruptcy Swallows Assets
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Crypto lender Hodlnaut facing police probe, cuts 80% of jobs
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As Bitcoin heads for the obituaries, cryptocurrencies can finally mature
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Sudden crypto market drop sends bitcoin below $22,000
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Ether is up 100% since its bottom in June, massively outperforming bitcoin
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Bitcoin's Bonnie and Clyde
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Transit:

'I might go bankrupt,' Some Orange Line riders may have to use ride shares during shutdown
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Education:

Are teachers leaving the classroom en masse?
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Law Makes It Harder To Get Books In The Hands Of Kids Living In America's Third Most Illiterate State
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Trying to Ban To Kill a Mockingbird
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Hotels:

Hotels: Occupancy Rate Down 4.6% Compared to Same Week in 2019
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Newspapers:

How to Kill a Newspaper
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Student Debt:

Student Loan Borrowers in Default Get a Do-Over
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Celebs:

Victim Of Erika Jayne's Husband Tom Girardi Demands 'RHOBH' Star Show Up To Court In $11 Million Battle
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Debt Collection:

She Didn't Know She Still Owed Money to Her Utility. Then 25% of Her Paycheck Was Gone.
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Healthcare:

U.S. to accelerate monkeypox vaccine distribution U.S. to provide monkeypox vaccines for events with high attendance by gay men
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White House: Updated boosters for adults, teens expected in a few weeks
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What will the next generation of COVID-19 vaccines look like?
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WHO: World coronavirus cases fall 24%
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Polio Was Almost Eradicated. This Year It Staged a Comeback.
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(9 new opinions today - DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Recent Ch. 11 Filings (11 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (2 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code (html) - Bankruptcy Code (pdf) Prior BK Codes (pick year from list) - Bankruptcy Rules
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UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Studies
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Automatic Stay:

Second Circuit Finds Willful Stay Violation in Foreclosure Sale of Non-Debtor's Real Property
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SCOTUS:

First-Ever Bankruptcy Opinion Of U.S. Supreme Court — From Vol. 1 Of U.S. Reports? Not!
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Mass Torts:

Alex Jones Making Too Much Money Off Sandy Hook Trial Publicity To Take Off Work To Face Accusers, Lawyers Say Sandy Hook defamation trial is imminent, but first Alex Jones needs a jury My mother has been a follower of Alex Jones since the '90s. She's not going to stop now.
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Pope says not enough evidence to investigate Canadian cardinal
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Vance's anti-drug charity enlisted doctor echoing Big Pharma
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Judge limits privilege defense in AZ Mormon sex abuse case
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Endo Follows Opioid Bankruptcy Gameplan, With a Few Twists
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NH, other states reach $450m settlement with another opioid manufacturer
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Why the Texas Two-Step bankruptcy maneuver is controversial
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Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Exposes Court Split on Liability Releases
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Boy Scouts insurers prepare to appeal bankruptcy settlement approval
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Hearing-Impaired Veterans Fume at 3M's Tactics on Earplug Suits
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3M earplug bankruptcy: Shrewd plan or sham?
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Court Dismisses Opioid-Related Securities Suit
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Aviation:

Apollo in Line for Breakup Fee If SAS Bankruptcy Loan Falters
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SAS Cancels 1,700 Flights Due to Pilot Strike, Late Aircraft Deliveries
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Airline unions urge carriers not to resume buybacks when bailout ban ends this fall
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Airlines are trying to resurrect the Concorde era
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Firearms:

When There's Talk of Gun Control, Gunmakers Play the Jobs Card. They're Often Bluffing
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Climate:

The Colorado River drought is so bad you can see it from space
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'No Winners' Seen if States Launch Water War Amid Megadrought
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Texas cattle industry faces existential crisis from historic drought
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Federal study: New climate law to slice carbon pollution 40%
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The Rio Grande and Rhine Rivers Going Dry
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'We've been sold out': Enviro justice advocates slam Biden's climate compromise
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Climate bill's unlikely beneficiary: US oil and gas industry
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Capitalism Won't Fix the Climate Crisis. It Will Also Not Survive It.
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Labor:

Strippers at LA club move to unionize
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Starbucks Must Offer to Reinstate Fired Activists, Judge Rules
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Retailing:

Bed Bath & Beyond Taps Kirkland & Ellis for Help Addressing Debt Load
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Cohen Makes Millions on Bed Bath & Beyond as Meme Traders Recoil
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Home Depot and Lowe's cite strong demand in earnings reports, but softening could be ahead
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Target Becomes America's Worst Retailer
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Sovereigns:

Sri Lanka hopes to reach initial agreement with IMF for help Crisis-hit Sri Lanka to ask Japan to open talks with main creditors
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Canada:

Commercial bankruptcies rising in Canada, says business lobby group Rising business bankruptcies in Canada just the tip of the iceberg: CFIB
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Rising costs threaten small business recovery, CFIB says
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Russia:

Zelensky calls on UN to protect Russia-occupied nuclear plant Putin's on the brink US must arm Ukraine now, before it's too late Attacks on nuclear plants not banned by international law High-level talks in Ukraine yield little reported progress Putin Calls in 'Organized Crime Syndicate' to Shake Up Failing Army in Ukraine
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Russia is offering a hero's medal and $16,000 to women who have 10 kids
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China:

China's economy on the brink of collapse like the U.S. in 2008; Here's why
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US, Taiwan eye closer trade ties amid China tensions
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China's factories are shutting down again—but not because of covid
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Mexico:

Credito Real Liquidation in Mexico Said to Be Halted by Judge
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