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The storm clouds over boris johnson continue to gather, along with calls for him to quit. The us Supreme court ruling on environmental protections could also diminish the power of other regulators. College students with marxism degrees are finding themselves in hot demand a lot of chinese private is they are very keen to engage with the government.

Pressure mounts on UK prime minister Boris Johnson to resign, but the pound holds steady. Plus the Chinese government is pushing for more students to study Marxism.

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