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Here is our weekly survey of news stories to round out the week of January 18-24, 2016.
Don’t blame Beijing for plunging oil prices. @KFJ_FP reports https://t.co/1hrZ6WvmQ1 pic.twitter.com/v6GMeZnUBX
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) January 21, 2016
Flint’s mayor says the city’s water crisis would not have happened in a rich suburb https://t.co/SzmeB8glHV pic.twitter.com/f09X67cNum
— NYT National News (@NYTNational) January 21, 2016
Chicago Public Schools can afford to make it through the year without cuts — but barely: https://t.co/Km0i6AvbSU
— Heather Gillers (@hgillers) January 21, 2016
Does Aung San Suu Kyi’s permanent peace accord have a chance? https://t.co/N2szxnPbM8 @JoshKurlantzick pic.twitter.com/eoL7LhAB2r
— CFR Asia Program (@CFR_Asia) January 21, 2016
West Virginia want to use carbon trading to meet their greenhouse gas reduction targets https://t.co/4P3THqrSad pic.twitter.com/yoRVvDGs5m
— Scientific American (@sciam) January 21, 2016
Turkey’s Erdogan must give up trying to crush the Kurds—he should reopen peace talks instead https://t.co/WC2xrBQ0wZ pic.twitter.com/2E2jBdEOrX
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) January 21, 2016
Could @realDonaldTrump run the table in the GOP primary? History says it’s possible: https://t.co/Bakx9aZm9t pic.twitter.com/2Nns4fxXcx
— The Week (@TheWeek) January 21, 2016
Building blocks of third-quarter GDP leave shaky foundation for fourth quarter https://t.co/IXAsvn7Xw4 via @WSJEcon pic.twitter.com/2mlrEM2EJk
— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) January 21, 2016
Diplomatic talks have consistently failed to end Syria’s war, and they will again, writes @AbuJamajem https://t.co/i7oqM3Pz2C
— WorldPoliticsReview (@WPReview) January 21, 2016
Kasich lands key New Hampshire endorsement: https://t.co/VgdG97iWny pic.twitter.com/4TvFWgLJMf
— The Hill (@thehill) January 21, 2016
Africans Report Decline in Poverty: https://t.co/CBGGwE1IDx #Africa
— allAfrica.com (@allafrica) January 21, 2016
What Obama called a ‘one-time gesture’ will make prosecuting similar offenders less likely, writes David Locke Hall: https://t.co/f9zpCVCvqI
— WSJ Editorial Page (@WSJopinion) January 21, 2016
Greeks from all walks of life unite in protests against austerity measures https://t.co/qwRyD7N8Dl pic.twitter.com/vnZskWpll0
— The WorldPost (@TheWorldPost) January 21, 2016
Rousseff seems unable to take the steps necessary to solve Brazil’s economic crisis: https://t.co/Vui9HaluA0 pic.twitter.com/su1rmRYvnh
— Foreign Affairs (@ForeignAffairs) January 21, 2016
Only a tiny fraction of foreign visitors to the U.S. overstay their tourist visas https://t.co/i21b2gnXJu
— NYT National News (@NYTNational) January 21, 2016