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Why It Matters: China will remain reliant on goods trade-in programs as its primary form of consumer stimulus, and despite an expansion of the scope of these programs and the scale of overall Chinese stimulus in late 2024, this suggests dragging Chinese consumption will not significantly recover in 2025. Rather, Beijing will continue to focus most of its stimulus efforts on defusing debt risks and bolstering investment, primarily in the form of infrastructure funded by expanded issuances of local government special purpose bonds. Without a major recovery of the real estate and export sectors, consumption will very likely remain weak compared with the five years pre-COVID-19 (2015-2019), when China's annual retail sales growth rate averaged 8%-11%. Real estate sales are expected to stabilize in 2025 after dropping significantly for two years, but rapid expansion is still not expected. Meanwhile, export headwinds will only grow due to Western (especially U.S.) trade restrictions, suggesting a major uptick in export industries (and in related employment) is also not impending.

Staging China: Trade-In Program Unlikely To Revive Consumption in 2025

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The Rwandan-backed rebel group the March 23 Movement on Jan. 21 reportedly captured the town of Minova and the nearby port of Kasunyu in South Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, key supply route to the North Kivu capital of Goma, Radio Okapi reported Jan. 21. 

Congo: M23 Rebels Reportedly Seize Eastern Town on Critical Supply Route

Some elements of the new sanctions will come into force in February and March following a wind-down period for transactions. On June 12, 2024, the U.S. Treasury unveiled a large new package of sanctions on Russia over the war with Ukraine, including over 300 new primary sanctions designations. The Treasury also threatened secondary sanctions on financial institutions that interact with any of more than 4,500 Russian entities.

Russia, U.S.: Washington Steps Up Sanctions on Russian Oil Trade

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A move that highlights Nepal’s rich culinary tradition, momo, a steamed dumpling, has been crowned as the national food of Nepal. This decision has sparked joy and celebration across the country, with the public firmly asserting that no survey was necessary to make momo the official symbol of Nepalese cuisine. As one of the most loved and widely consumed foods in Nepal, momo has evolved beyond being just a snack to become an integral part of the nation’s food culture. Its recognition as a national dish not only reflects the food’s deep cultural roots but also showcases the evolving identity of Nepalese gastronomy in the global arena.

Momo crowned as the national food of Nepal, public says no survey required

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Sanity testing is a type of software testing that is used to verify that a small change or a bug fix in the software is working as intended and has not caused any unexpected side effects or broken any existing functionality. Interestingly, according to a HackerRank report, the most common bugs found in production were a result of deploying untested or broken code. As a result, sanity testing is crucial to ensure all aspects of the software are checked accordingly.

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Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.

The standard chunk of Lorem Ipsum used since the 1500s is reproduced below for those interested. Sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 from "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" by Cicero are also reproduced in their exact original form, accompanied by English versions from the 1914 translation by H. Rackham.

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South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol declares martial law on Dec. 3, 2024, in Seoul, South Korea. 

Legal, social and political pressures will likely still force Yoon out of office in the coming months, bringing a liberal president to power who would pursue pro-labor policies and reorient South Korea's foreign relations.

South Korea's President Yoon Not Impeached, but His End Is Nigh

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A US court has dismissed the last remaining federal criminal case against Donald Trump, which alleged that the president-elect illegally retained classified documents.

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