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Brazil’s judges called on to clean up political mess, again

Bloomberg Flailing in yet another political crisis, Brazil is once more looking to its judges for salvation. This time, they could determine the fate of its president, Michel Temer. On June 6, Brazil’s top electoral court, the TSE, is due to resume its judgement of the 2014 election campaign that could see Temer ousted from office. Aides say the president ...

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Corbyn preserves ambivalent stance on N-weapons, NATO

Bloomberg Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn held back from declaring support for Britain’s nuclear weapons program and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization as his security credentials came under examination in a BBC television interview, two weeks before the general election. Corbyn was asked repeatedly whether he supported the renewal of Britain’s nuclear weapons system, known as Trident, and nine times ...

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US prosperity depends on a nonwhite future

If the US economy is going to prosper, it needs to keep taking in immigrants. Fertility is below replacement levels, and no country has discovered a way to raise native birthrates. That means that immigration is necessary for the survival of the Social Security system and the solvency of pension funds. Immigrants will allow small cities to grow and expand ...

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