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Ex-PM Khan says Pakistan by-election 'a referendum' on his popularity
Ex-PM Khan says Pakistan by-election 'a referendum' on his popularity
by  AFP

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan is a candidate for seven of eight national assembly seats up for grabs in a key by-election Sunday, a vote he says is "a referendum" on his popularity. It is rare, however, for a candidate to stand for as many seats as Khan is doing Sunday, and his disruptive move is clearly to gauge his popularity.

Thugs and tolls burden beekeepers in war-scarred C.Africa
Thugs and tolls burden beekeepers in war-scarred C.Africa
by  AFP

Guided by the broad beam of a torch light, four beekeepers softly tread towards a wooden hive atop a mango tree in Bossangoa, a town in northwestern Central African Republic. "In Bossangoa, there are many shea trees, mango trees, papaya trees, grapefruit trees, banana trees...

China's economy slows as Xi plans for historic third term
China's economy slows as Xi plans for historic third term
by  AFP

As China's leaders gather for a crucial party congress, the country is expected on Tuesday to announce some of its weakest quarterly growth figures since 2020, its economy hobbled by Covid restrictions and a real estate crisis. That would be China's weakest growth rate in four decades, excluding 2020 when the global economy was hammered by the emergence of the coronavirus.

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