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This is the world. Him brief from
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the Economist. Our
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top stories. Local.
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Media in Israel reported that
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four people, including relatives of
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an Israeli held hostage in
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Gaza were arrested at a
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protest in Tel Aviv. The.
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Protesters had gathered outside the
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military headquarters of the Ceasefire
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Talks between Israel and Hamas
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broke down on Tuesday. Negotiators.
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Have been trying to reach a
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deal that would free forty of
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the remaining one hundred and thirty
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hostages captured by Hamas during the
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October Seventh Attacks. American.
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Officials retrieved the black box from
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the Darley, a container ship which
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struck the Francis Scott Key bridge
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in both more harbor. Rescuers.
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Continued to search the wreckage of the
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bridge for the remains of six people
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who are believed to have been killed
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in the accident. Disruption.
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Is expected following the disaster
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Boats most port handled around
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eighty billion dollars of foreign
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call Go last year. Germany's.
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Leading economic research groups revise the
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growth forecast for this year. They
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slashed their prediction for the country's
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gdp growth to zero point one
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percent down from a figure of
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one point three percent forecast six
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months ago. Germany.
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Was the world's worst performing
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major economy last year, shrinking
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by zero point three percent
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owing to week domestic demand
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and ailing export sector. The.
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Lower chamber of Thailand's parliament passed
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a bill that paves the way
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for it to legalize same sex
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marriage. The. Country would be the
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first in Southeast Asia to do so.
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The. Bill must still pass through. The
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Upper chamber and receive royal
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assent. But. It is widely expected
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to become law by the end of the
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year. Disney.
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Set to the long legal
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fight with the board appointed
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by one dissenters Florida Republican
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Governor. For. Decades, Disney
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controlled a special district encompassing
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Disney World. But. In
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Twenty Twenty Three retaliating against
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Disney's criticism of a law
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passed by his administration, mister
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dissenters replace the district's governing
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board with his allies. Under
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the settlements, Disney would drop or
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pause some litigation and negotiate a
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development plan with the new board.
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You. B S signed a deal
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with Apollo and American Asset Management
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some to sell eight billion dollars
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worth of unwanted loans. The.
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Deal concluded and older agreement
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whereby Apolo agreed to purchase
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the assets from Credit Suisse.
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Now. Owned by He B, S and
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Twenty Twenty T. U. B
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S has tried hard to renegotiate that
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early a deal, arguing that the fees
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agreed by Credit Suisse would too high.
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A. Second may need to be
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subtracted from the year twenty
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Twenty Nine, according to a
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paper published in Nature as
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Science Journal. The. Rotation
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of the earth had previously been gradually
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slowing down, but the said he explains
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that it's movement is now speeding up
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on has been doing so since the
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late twenty tends. To. Change
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could necessitate the introduction of a
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negative leap second in order for
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close to remain accurate. And
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cigarettes a day. Sixty. Percent.
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China. Share in the global market
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for wind turbines as of twenty
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twenty Two according to The Global
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Wind Energy Council.
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