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	World Daily update ⋅ July 29, 2021
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	The Washington Post In Peru, a rural schoolteacher rises from obscurity to the presidency The Washington Post Mr. Smith went to Washington. Now, Mr. Castillo has come to Lima. The rise of Pedro Castillo, a previously obscure leader of a rural teachers union, to Peru's highest office is the most glaring example yet of the power of the pandemic to upend politics in Latin ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Tunisia's Saied moves on economy and Covid-19 after dismissing government CNN President Kais Saied justified the moves, which included dismissing the prime minister and suspending parliament, by citing a surging pandemic and misgovernance, saying he had acted to save the country from corruption and plots to sow civil strife. Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times After a Long Lockdown and Vaccination Campaign, Is England on the Road to Normality? The New York Times That came two days before Prime Minister Boris Johnson threw off most social-distancing restrictions in England in defiance of those who said it would fuel a massive surge of infections. The reduction in cases has confounded ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times After the Floods, China Found a Target for Its Pain: Foreign Media The New York Times After extreme flooding in central China last week destroyed homes, engulfed subways and killed at least 73, the ruling Communist Party found a convenient outlet for the public's pent-up emotions: the foreign news media. A party organization in Henan ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Sydney lockdown extended by four weeks as Australia Covid-19 cases spike CNN Digital Covid-19 warning signs in the Lane Cove National Park on July 27, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. The Australian city of Sydney extended a lockdown ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times As China Reins in Private Sector, Another Businessman Gets 18 Years The New York Times Sun Dawu, a rural tycoon and outspoken critic of the Chinese Communist Party, was sentenced to 18 years in prison Wednesday, the latest in a string of harsh punishments meted out by China against business leaders. The 67-year-old Mr. Sun had been ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Thailand sends Covid patients home on trains as virus cases and deaths mount in the capital CNN A health worker with protective gear walks inside a carriage as the train prepares to carry a group of Covid-19 patients to their hometowns, at Rangsit station in Pathum Thani province, Thailand, on July 27. Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Analysis: No gain without pain: Why China's reform push must hurt investors Reuters SINGAPORE, July 28 (Reuters) - Carnage in China's financial markets signals the beginning of a new era, investors say, as the government puts socialism before shareholders and regulatory changes rip apart the old playbook. Stocks and sentiment have ... Flag as irrelevant
	Reuters Peru's Castillo assumes presidency amid political storms in divided nation Reuters LIMA, July 28 (Reuters) - Peru's Pedro Castillo will assume the presidency on Wednesday with little time to catch his breath as he battles the world's deadliest COVID-19 outbreak, tensions in his socialist party and weak congressional support in a starkly ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Atlantic The Nation That Faced Down China The Atlantic China is now the great power of Asia—or so Beijing believes—but those pesky Australians, mouthing off about human rights and coronavirus investigations, refuse to bend the knee. Beijing has turned to economic pressure to compel Australia to fall in line. Flag as irrelevant
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