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BEIJING, June 15 (Reuters) – China’s economy stumbled in May with industrial output and retail sales growth missing forecasts, adding to expectations that Beijing will need to do more to shore up a shaky post-pandemic recovery. The economic rebound seen earlier this year has lost momentum in the second quarter, prompting China’s central bank to cut…
Thailand Becomes First Southeast Asian Country to Legalize Gay Marriage
Thailand is now the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, and weddings are expected to begin taking place in October. The country’s senate upper house gave final approval on Tuesday, France 24 reported, noting the move changes the law to allow gay marriage. “The new legislation will now go to King Maha…
Poland’s revolution gets real as government reclaims control of public media
Broadcasters went off the air as opposition MPs barricaded themselves in public TV headquarters in an effort to stop the management changes. WARSAW — Poland’s new government moved Wednesday to seize control of the country’s publicly owned television, radio and news agency from the hands of loyalists to the Law and Justice (PiS) party, which…
Chinese balloon was designed for intelligence surveillance, not weather, US says
The Chinese balloon that was destroyed off the coast of South Carolina was built for spying and had sophisticated communications equipment, U.S. officials said, based on information about the balloon gathered by a U-2 spy plane. “High-resolution imagery from U-2 flybys revealed that the high-altitude balloon was capable of conducting signals intelligence collection operations,” a…
The US economy is booming — but Japan and the UK just slipped into recession. Here’s why.
The US economy managed to shake off Wall Street’s gloomy forecasts and dodge a long-predicted slump last year — but the same can’t be said for two other members of the G7. Japan and the UK are both officially in recession, according to figures published Thursday, after Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell for two consecutive…
Abbas loyalists sweep Palestinian elections, including some seats in Gaza
Loyalists of President Mahmoud Abbas won most races in Palestinian municipal elections, election officials said, in a vote that for the first time in nearly two decades included a city in the besieged Gaza Strip. The elections had been held “at a highly sensitive moment amid complex challenges and exceptional circumstances”, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed…
