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Midterm election misery for Biden as key economy gauge flags 30-seat loss

Bloomberg Whatever else is on Americans’ minds — and that’s a long list right now — the state of the economy looms large in any US election. That spells big trouble for Democrats in November’s midterm vote. A new study by Bloomberg Economics takes one gauge with a knack of predicting ballot outcomes and projects it forward through election day. ...

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South Korea ruling party acting leader offers to quit

  Bloomberg The acting leader of South Korea’s ruling party offered to resign over in-fighting in the People Power Party, adding to the growing woes for new President, Yoon Suk Yeol, whose approval ratings have plunged to historic lows. “Our party is currently facing a grave crisis,” Kweon Seong-dong, the acting leader of the People Power Party, said in his ...

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Fidel Ramos, who helped end Marcos dictatorship, dies at 94

  Bloomberg Fidel Ramos, the former Philippine president who was head of the national police under Ferdinand Marcos before defecting and joining the “People Power” protests that ousted the dictator in 1986, has died. He was 94. Ramos’ family announced his passing in a statement on Sunday, without giving a cause of death. He died of complications from Covid-19, according ...

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