The Financial Times
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Matthew Rocco and Gregory Meyer in New York
– May 21, 1:05 PM
The Trump administration is close to unveiling a new aid package for farmers who are feeling the effects of the US-China trade spat, the US Department of Agriculture said Tuesday. “Farmers should continue to make their planting and…
Wall Street Journal
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Sharon Nunn
– May 21, 7:04 AM
WASHINGTON—Sales of previously owned U.S. homes declined for the second month in a row in April, suggesting continued weakness in the housing market despite the strong labor market. Existing-home sales fell 0.4% in April from the previous…
Some viruses can replicate without passing all their genes into any one cell. For a virus, a compact genome neatly packaged in a coat of proteins, survival is all about invading a cell, taking over the protein-making machinery to replicate itself…
The Financial Times
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Martin Wolf
– May 21, 8:10 AM
Where does deepening economic conflict between the US and China leave the rest of the world, especially historic allies of the US? In normal circumstances, the latter would stand beside it. The EU, after all, shares many of its concerns about…
A radical Green New Deal has the potential to unite progressives across Europe in the same way nationalist and rightwing movements are mobilising around immigration and xenophobia, according to the former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis.
