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Here is our weekly survey of news stories to round out the week of March 28-April 3, 2016.
The Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) has 86 million members, but faces growing challenges: https://t.co/rQBRxj0Iqa pic.twitter.com/seWbwa2UTX
— CFR (@CFR_org) March 31, 2016
Scientists set out to create a state-of-the-art map of a mosquito genome, and conquer Zika pic.twitter.com/iEnNpSqVyO
— NYT National News (@NYTNational) March 31, 2016
Moqtada al-Sadr is back, proving that he’s still a force in Iraqi politics https://t.co/gwk7bWORwm
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 31, 2016
US and China to co-operate over N Korea https://t.co/xNzpYwLiwE
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) March 31, 2016
Gov. Cuomo, hostile to NYC’s needs and de Blasio’s agenda, has a budget to punish the city: https://t.co/e2vIWa9Dns pic.twitter.com/YBnLY7NqAU
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) March 31, 2016
A look at the 10 Chicago teacher strikes since 1969, via @ChiTribGraphics https://t.co/HDX6OwKFOV pic.twitter.com/va9PMhGGLN
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) March 31, 2016
World leaders met to try to reduce the threat from nuclear weapons. Putin boycotted. https://t.co/arDiQMTliD pic.twitter.com/dyGw1yVgOX
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) March 31, 2016
China’s Xi warns U.S. about moves damaging its sovereignty https://t.co/ffqekqvI7O #BreakingNews
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) March 31, 2016
Priebus: Everyone will support the eventual nominee https://t.co/cXmqzn4m38 | Getty pic.twitter.com/SNSu3TyJp9
— POLITICO (@politico) March 31, 2016
The Economist asks: What is the future of teaching? https://t.co/6C5rVSdGLa
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) March 31, 2016
One fifth of world’s adults will be obese by 2025, study predicts https://t.co/7m47rJ7C9H
— The Guardian (@guardian) March 31, 2016
The threat of rising seas must be countered by increased international cooperation. https://t.co/S990xivqCa pic.twitter.com/61uksiXRCe
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) March 31, 2016
Uber is expanding in Africa — and so are anti-Uber protests https://t.co/KAtAquNM4r pic.twitter.com/nMJZzl98BC
— GlobalPost (@GlobalPost) March 31, 2016
Analysis: Donald Trump’s standing in the polls appears to be worsening among women https://t.co/0m26hoNPSq pic.twitter.com/VNkB4Fx7HO
— CNN (@CNN) March 31, 2016
South Korean inflation slowed in March https://t.co/YvYBIackBY
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) March 31, 2016