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Oldest privately owned book sells for £3mn at UK sale
Oldest privately owned book sells for £3mn at UK sale
by  AFP

The world's oldest book in a private collection, and one of the earliest books in existence, sold at auction in London on Tuesday for more than £3 million. The Crosby-Schoyen Codex was previously owned by the Norwegian businessman and rare book collector Martin Schoyen, and contains the earliest complete copies of two texts from the Bible -- the book of Jonah and Peter's first epistle.

World Bank upgrades global growth outlook on resilient US economy
World Bank upgrades global growth outlook on resilient US economy
by  AFP

The World Bank raised its global growth outlook on Tuesday on the back of resilient consumer spending in the United States, but warned that growth remains weak by historical standards. The World Bank upgraded its 2024 growth forecast for the world's advanced economies to 1.5 percent -- up 0.3 percentage points -- due almost entirely to a sharp rise in its projected outlook for the United States.

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