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Anti-Putin opposition holds peaceful protest in Moscow

Bloomberg Hundreds of Russians marched through the streets of Moscow in what appeared to be the most peaceful unauthorised rally in a summer of demonstrations against President Vladimir Putin. The Interior ministry, which usually understates the scope of protest activities, put the number of march participants at 750 people, according to Interfax. No detentions were reported, but there was a ...

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Germany seeks Poland forgiveness 80 years after WWII start

Bloomberg Germany made an emotional appeal for forgiveness to neighbouring Poland 80 years after the start of World War II that was met by a renewed demand for reparations by the fellow European Union member’s prime minister. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, visiting the town of Wielun, Poland, where Nazi bombers caused the first large-scale civilian casualties of the conflict in ...

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Have we really lost our economic dynamism?

On this Labour Day, the American economy — the source of jobs for almost all of us — is full of promise and peril. It is hard not to be impressed with its job-creation capacity. Since the low point of the 2007-09 Great Recession, payroll employment has increased by 21.7 million jobs, with strong growth under both President Obama and ...

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