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Kerry selfie with Indonesian students

US Secretary of State Kerry stops for a selfie on his climate change tour

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Secretary of State John Kerry charmed Indonesian students in Jakarta over the weekend as he delivered strongly-worded messages on climate change to Asia’s leading emitters of greenhouse gases. Italy works to form its third government in three years, without a new election. And German politicians sleep in their offices to save on rent, all in today’s Global Scan.

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The underwear economy

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Economists and analysts track just about everything to gauge how the economy is doing. Some analysts just focus on one product- can we really learn how the economy is doing by looking in our underwear drawers? The World’s Jason Margolis reports.

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Faith talks to Trisha Ziff, a curator of contemporary photography, about “Chevolution,” her new documentary on the origins of the iconic Che Guevara image that graces so many posters and T-shirts.

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