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Malaysia Bersih calls PM to set succession date

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Bloomberg Malaysian civil society groups are urging PM Mahathir Mohamad to set a date for when he will hand over power to former rival Anwar Ibrahim. And they want it to be between a year from now to May 2021. The groups include Bersih, or Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections, which was behind one of the country’s biggest protests ...

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Trump’s words not so different from El Paso shooter’s

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Bloomberg President Donald Trump has encouraged white supremacy to come out of the shadows, Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden was expected to say, adding that there’s very little that distances Trump’s rhetoric from the anti-immigrant screeds of mass shooters like the suspect in the recent El Paso, Texas, attack. “How far is it from Trump’s saying this ‘is an invasion’ ...

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US stocks rebound, bonds gain on dovish central-bank moves

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Bloomberg US equity futures extended a rebound and European stocks rallied as markets continued to recover from a brutal selloff at the start of the week. Caution was on display, however, as bonds gained while currencies were roiled by a series of dovish central-bank moves in Asia. Futures on all three major US benchmarks turned higher following a surge in ...

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