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Aug 2024
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Markets, Iraq attack, Bangladesh's stude...

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US personnel are wounded in an attack against a military airbase in Iraq. Investors around the world are on edge as stocks drop after an early reprieve falters. Bangladesh's parliament is dissolved and students want to bring in Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to lead. And the battleground states of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are seen as vulnerable to post-election chaos.  


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