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The second quarter’s 4.7 percent growth was far below the 5.3 percent pace seen in the first quarter of 2024. China’s economy expanded at a slower-than-forecast 4.7 percent annual rate in the last quarter, the government reported Monday, while emphasizing signs of improvement in factory output, income, and investment. The expansion was sharply below the…
GROWING PAINS Earth’s population to hit eight billion next week after ‘tripling since 1950’
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At least 800 killed as 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocks Afghanistan
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Anti-Israel activists disrupt Israeli consulate event at LA synagogue; two arrested
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Car explodes outside district court in Pakistan’s Islamabad, 12 killed
Local media reports suggested that a gas cylinder may have exploded inside the vehicle, but police have refused to comment on it. At least 12 people were killed and several others were injured after a blast took place outside a local court in Pakistan’s Islamabad on Tuesday afternoon. The cause of the blast was not…


