Parting Scholz: what next for Germany?
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
At a time when Russia is making gains in Ukraine and Donald Trump has been re-elected as president, Europe needs strong leadership. Instead, Germany’s ruling coalition has collapsed. A study that hinted at racism among white doctors in America may have been flawed (9:18). And the wondrous revival of King’s Cross in London (17:23).
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| 1:22.0 | Back in 2020, there was a provocative study that suggested black babies treated by white doctors |
| 1:27.3 | fared worse than those treated by white doctors fared worse |
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