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Jobs increase by 4.8 million, unemployment rate by 11.1%

Nonfarm payrolls increased by 4.8 million in June and the unemployment rate fell to 11.1% as the United States continued to reopen the coronavirus pandemic, the Labor Department said Thursday. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had expected an increase of 2.9 million and an unemployment rate of 12.4%. The report …

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Victory for Putin who could now remain in power until 2036

Members of a local electoral commission empty a ballot box at a polling station after a national vote on constitutional reforms in Moscow on July 1, 2020. ALEXANDER NEMENOV The Russians have voted overwhelmingly in favor of changes to the country’s constitution that allow President Vladimir Putin to potentially remain …

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