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Here is our weekly survey of news stories to round out the week of August 1-7, 2016.
Economists forecast a gain of 179,000 jobs in July. Here’s what else to keep an eye on https://t.co/BlhMJ70gqA pic.twitter.com/o2MlYCvYHh
— Real Time Economics (@WSJecon) August 4, 2016
Ramzi Kassem of @CUNY_CLEAR on the dangerous failures of France’s state of emergency: https://t.co/kLaKyMD1TT pic.twitter.com/NcpLIXkAQT
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) August 4, 2016
Now Russia isn’t the only one who talks loosely about nuclear weapons https://t.co/GK8WHFbeLJ pic.twitter.com/ZfaTbhXDee
— Brookings (@BrookingsInst) August 4, 2016
Breaking through to the millennial generation is one of Clinton’s toughest challenges: https://t.co/6x1P45AYWG pic.twitter.com/j3ffy1EzSM
— National Journal (@nationaljournal) August 4, 2016
Rich countries need to stop being hypocrites on climate change, Philippines president says https://t.co/kgwBHMZgpk pic.twitter.com/F0mL3vDvdy
— GlobalPost (@GlobalPost) August 4, 2016
Older alumni donors are showing their disapproval of college protests with their wallets. https://t.co/PFQSUy2Qx0 pic.twitter.com/BuShktCv2g
— NYT National News (@NYTNational) August 4, 2016
Abubakar Shekau insists he still leads Boko Haram https://t.co/06h1h6AJmx
— TIME.com (@TIME) August 4, 2016
“Criticism from the West doesn’t mean much in Russia these days,” says Eugene Rumer: https://t.co/soSp0F8EG3 pic.twitter.com/nzPSTbKS6x
— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) August 4, 2016
Kansas Republicans voted out conservatives aligned with Gov. Brownback in Tuesday’s primary. https://t.co/cjRp5ayZNU pic.twitter.com/dZW3GrbnZp
— NYT National News (@NYTNational) August 4, 2016
Toxic gas was dropped on Syrian town where Russian helicopter shot down, rescuers say https://t.co/OVmqWWwEHF pic.twitter.com/c7ntB53L51
— The WorldPost (@TheWorldPost) August 4, 2016
The divisiveness of his campaign, and his own loutishness, are giving Trump a ton of trouble https://t.co/636iAW07vo pic.twitter.com/tzH5okhySR
— The Economist (@EconUS) August 4, 2016
In Syria, over two million children are not in school and those that are often learn in caves and other odd places. https://t.co/AZ5zzqc9KM
— Foreign Affairs (@ForeignAffairs) August 4, 2016
Planning a family in the age of Zika https://t.co/2zSOfYzdkL pic.twitter.com/7wr12YSpR7
— CNN International (@cnni) August 4, 2016
#Venezuela’s health crisis gives rise to benevolent ‘drug mules’ https://t.co/gHYSsymhHy @MiamiHerald
— Jim Wyss (@jimwyss) August 4, 2016
In Opinion: Is Obama, like Reagan, trading hostages with Iran? https://t.co/jRC27FZnIu pic.twitter.com/xqouVINXyI
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) August 4, 2016