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Here is our weekly survey of news stories to round out the week of November 30-December 6, 2015.
The defense secretary announced that the military will open all combat roles to women. https://t.co/Ch3LQSdt78 pic.twitter.com/hSKajFxqf9
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) December 3, 2015
Opinion: Political class fiddles as Brazil burns https://t.co/cpig44bRhI
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) December 4, 2015
South Africa: Government Signs Twenty-Six Agreements Worth R94 Billion With China https://t.co/i7HgInepXn pic.twitter.com/ZIGhou6rq2
— allAfrica.com (@allafrica) December 4, 2015
The bid to delay Obamacare’s Cadillac tax Is stalling https://t.co/QMQAJZPxOe pic.twitter.com/ZGEaYhTJoO
— National Journal (@nationaljournal) December 4, 2015
#Venezuela’s leftist government defensive ahead of vote https://t.co/m5iJspcPYz #NicolasMaduro #VenezuelaElections pic.twitter.com/4JUtB6tvav
— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) December 4, 2015
In Arkansas, a growing population of ‘climate change refugees’ https://t.co/Qza2ry0UT3 pic.twitter.com/WD1UDvn6iY
— CS Monitor (@csmonitor) December 4, 2015
The oil and gas pipeline industry in America is going through unprecedented turbulence https://t.co/tI2TtG4IlR pic.twitter.com/Tz1EwAxrF3
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) December 4, 2015
#Foodprices fall in November amid robust global inventories – @FAOnews https://t.co/VdmE8FhcXM pic.twitter.com/mrapwLJ7M6 — United Nations (@UN) December 4, 2015
Is #Egypt‘s central bank headed in a new direction? Read Brendan Meighan’s take for @SadaJournal: https://t.co/YJdDEre1O8
— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) December 4, 2015
Putin to #Turkey on downed warplane: ‘You’ll regret it’ https://t.co/2BsCItFQbH pic.twitter.com/F04Y1FM9gK — The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) December 4, 2015
Budget deal could lift oil export ban https://t.co/GgLdqkavBM | AP Photo pic.twitter.com/O39hNJUlTp
— POLITICO (@politico) December 4, 2015
The ‘North Korea ghost boats’ washing up on Japan https://t.co/Zhzsv0eHeU — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) December 4, 2015
America at Obama’s End: Hope and change was the promise. What happened? writes @DanHenninger: https://t.co/3P7Na4iXg7
— WSJ Editorial Page (@WSJopinion) December 4, 2015
Europe pushes back on visa waivers https://t.co/GLdKQ25GxP | AP Photo pic.twitter.com/njw2CegfU9 — POLITICO (@politico) December 4, 2015
What explains the vastly different statistics we see on mass shootings? @markfollman explains. https://t.co/vvVMNK5Ul6
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) December 4, 2015
.@FridaGhitis: Macri’s Argentina Election Signals Rightward Shift in Latin America https://t.co/MWYJdcVbXA pic.twitter.com/iSZlWvLVyC — WorldPoliticsReview (@WPReview) December 4, 2015
Liberal government asks Supreme Court to keep ban on assisted suicide for six more months https://t.co/ufuREc89Ae pic.twitter.com/eSjCPz9bPw
— TorontoStar (@TorontoStar) December 4, 2015
Here’s what’s so unprecedented about the San Bernardino shooting https://t.co/7hzCYiyKJS — TIME.com (@TIME) December 4, 2015
Coal is in trouble, and that could be good news for a warming world https://t.co/CwGJNcIsVh pic.twitter.com/agcPsUEVhz
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 3, 2015