The World this Week
POLITICS
Thousands of leaked e-mails showing that the Democratic party leadership favoured Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders exposed rifts within the party.
Digging Up Old History – Palestinian officials announced a plane to sue Britain over the Balfour Declaration of 1917 that laid out a vision for a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
BUSINESS
This Bird Has Flown – The was little sign of Twitter escaping the doldrums. The firm announced that both revenues and the number of people using the social network had grown slowly in the second quarter of this year. The loss-making site also suggested revenue for the current quarter might be as low as $590m, well below market expectations.
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