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September 22, 2020

Global banks defy U.S. crackdowns by serving oligarchs, criminals and terrorists - ICIJ
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The FinCEN Files show trillions in tainted dollars flow freely through major banks, swamping a broken enforcement system.

'Our 1945 moment': UN faces fears of a 'great fracture' at general assembly | United Nations | The Guardian
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"Amid prerecorded speeches, secretary-general issues warning over US-China rivalry at an unprecedented moment"

The Daily — Survey of Postsecondary Faculty and Researchers, 2019

The composition of tenured faculty at universities tends to be less diverse and more predominantly male due to the permanence of these positions and the small changes in the size of this group. Among survey respondents, differences in tenure were particularly marked among the Indigenous faculty, where 21% were tenured, compared with 37% of non-Indigenous faculty; and for female faculty, where 31% were tenured compared with 43% of males.

Trump attacks China over Covid 'plague' as Xi urges collaboration in virus fight | World news | The Guardian
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"In his own speech, the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, relished the fact that the US won the support of only the Dominican Republic on the 15-member security council for its effort to “snap back” UN sanctions."

Ontario to Invest in Ford Plant After Union Talks, Premier Says - Bloomberg

Ontario’s government plans to invest in Ford Motor Co.’s Oakville plant in the Canadian province once the automaker gets past union talks, Premier Doug Ford said.

Law Firms Pay Supreme Court Clerks $400,000 Bonuses. What Are They Buying? - The New York Times
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"A new study in Political Research Quarterly examined about 3,600 Supreme Court arguments over two decades, controlling for many factors, and found that former clerks making arguments before the court were no more likely to persuade most justices than other lawyers. Another study last year came to a similar conclusion."