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Hard Numbers: Indian Kalashnikovs, Evergrande stock crashes, Gambian president re-elected, UK citizenship law

December 06, 2021

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Hard Numbers: Indian Kalashnikovs, Evergrande stock crashes, Gambian president re-elected, UK citizenship law

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting at Hyderabad House, on December 6, 2021 in New Delhi, India.

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600,000: Russian President Vladimir Putin met Indian PM Narendra Modi in Delhi on Monday. The two leaders inked a few bilateral defense deals, including one for India to produce more than 600,000 Kalashnikovs to replace old local military rifles.

82.5 million: Evergrande missed a final deadline to pay some of its foreign investors $82.5 million on Monday, putting the ultra-indebted Chinese property developer at imminent risk of default. Authorities are scrambling to prevent the panic from spreading to the broader financial sector.

53: Adama Barrow was re-elected as president of The Gambia with 53 percent of the vote. The result is bad news for former strongman Yahya Jammeh, who was hoping to return from exile in Equatorial Guinea after refusing to concede defeat to Barrow four years ago.

9: Under Clause 9 of its draft new Nationality and Borders Bill, the UK will be able to strip dual nationals of British citizenship without warning. The proposed law will also ban undocumented migrants from seeking asylum, and criminalize rescuing refugees in the English Channel.

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National Security Adviser Mike Waltz walks to board Marine One at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on April 3, 2025.

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US National Security Adviser Michael Waltz will be fired, CBS News first reported, bringing a premature end to the Floridian’s tumultuous time in the White House. His stint has been marred ever since he accidentally added a journalist from The Atlantic to a Signal chat regarding US attack plans in Yemen.

Smith makes Alberta referendum easier

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announces proposed changes to several pieces of democratic process legislation, in Edmonton on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith tabled a bill on Tuesday that will make it easier for voters in her province to force a referendum to secede from Canada. The bill could theoretically clear the way for the province to become the 51st state.

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US and China limp toward trade war thaw

A 3D-printed miniature model depicting US President Donald Trump, the Chinese flag, and the word "tariffs" in this illustration taken on April 17, 2025.

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The US economy contracted 0.3% at an annualized rate in the first quarter of 2025, while China’s manufacturing plants saw their sharpest monthly slowdown in over a year. Behind the scenes, the world’s two largest economies are backing away from their extraordinary trade war.

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Hard Numbers: Indian Kalashnikovs, Evergrande stock crashes, Gambian president re-elected, UK citizenship law

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Mark Carney, who has never sat in Parliament and has only been a politician for four months, faces a lot of political puzzles after leading his Liberal Party to victory in Canada on Monday, and one huge challenge south of the border.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith tabled a bill on Tuesday that will make it easier for voters in her province to force a referendum to secede from Canada. The bill could theoretically clear the way for the province to become the 51st state.

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The New York governor’s election might be over a year away, but the Republican primary race is already heating up as one ambitious, ex-moderate, pro-Trump New Yorker faces another.

Donald Trump said Wednesday that Prime Minister Mark Carney is headed to Washington, DC, within a week for a personal meeting, but there is reason to think that neither country is ready to get down to serious trade negotiations.

The US economy contracted 0.3% at an annualized rate in the first quarter of 2025, while China’s manufacturing plants saw their sharpest monthly slowdown in over a year. Behind the scenes, the world’s two largest economies are backing away from their extraordinary trade war.

Two months after their infamous White House fight, the US and Ukraine announced on Wednesday that they had finally struck a long-awaited minerals deal.

Nerves are fraught throughout Pakistan after authorities said Wednesday they have “credible intelligence” that India plans to launch military strikes on its soil by Friday.