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Caixin / IHS Markit June 2020 Manufacturing PMI

The results of a private survey released on Wednesday showed that China’s manufacturing activity expanded and exceeded expectations in June, reaching its highest level since December 2019. The Caixin / Markit Manufacturing Purchasing Manager ratio reached 51.2. Economists polled by Reuters had expected 50.5, compared to 50.7 in May. PMI …

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‘The wartime president has surrendered’

WASHINGTON – Former Vice President Joe Biden presented his most comprehensive and detailed case to date against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, saying the president “waved the white flag and left the battlefield” against the resurgent coronavirus pandemic. Speaking in Wilmington, Delaware, for about an hour, Biden also held positions …

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How the momentum of police reforms meets powerful police unions

After the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota, advocates of police reform called for the police to be removed, banned from strangleholds, and more effectively punished officers who abuse their power or display racial bias. Before any of those proposed reforms can take effect, lawmakers and department heads would first …

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