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Obama laments Congressional inaction on ‘weekly’ shootings

Bloomberg A mass shooting on Thursday at a Hesston, Kansas, factory was overshadowed by coverage of the 2016 presidential campaign, even at the largest news organization in the region, and President Barack Obama isn’t OK with that. “Once a week, we have these shootings and it doesn’t dominate the news,” Obama said , without singling out the Kansas City Star’s ...

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Clinton banks on African-American vote in South Carolina primary fight

Bloomberg The Democratic presidential nomination race shifted to South Carolina on Saturday, with Hillary Clinton banking on the black vote to beat Bernie Sanders and gain momentum ahead of the multi-state “Super Tuesday” contests next week. But in a blow to Clinton on the eve of the vote, Sanders picked up the endorsement of former labour secretary Robert Reich—who served ...

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China reassures world over ‘healthy’ economy, currency

Shanghai / AFP China’s normally reclusive central bank chief Zhou Xiaochuan is an unusually prominent presence at the G20 finance ministers meeting in Shanghai, racing from seminar to news conference to spread positive messages about the world’s second-largest economy. After months of silence, the governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) wants investors to know that the yuan currency ...

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