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​Protesters, including supporters of Georgia's opposition parties, hold a rally to dispute the Georgian Dream's declared victory in the weekend's parliamentary election in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Oct. 28, 2024.
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Hard Numbers: Georgians protest, VW closes plants, China closes kindergartens, Uruguay preps for presidential runoff

​In this photo illustration, the People's Republic of China flag is displayed on a smartphone with an Artificial intelligence chip and symbol in the background.
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China spends big on AI

In the first half of 2024, capital spending on AI infrastructure by the Chinese tech giants Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu doubled year-over-year to about $7 billion.

A damaged section of a highway in Nuwakot, central Nepal
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Devastation in Nepal and China after flash flood, Tanzania’s political infighting tests its political stability, French presidential candidates face off in first debate

A massive wall of mud and rock crashed into a river along Nepal’s Himalayan border with Tibet on Wednesday, triggering catastrophic flooding that swept away bridges, destroyed buildings, swamped roads, and killed over 300 people.

​Flags of the European Union and China are seen in this multiple-exposure illustration.
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Viewpoint: Amid deepening divisions, EU and Chinese leaders set to meet this week

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel will visit Beijing on Dec. 7 for in-person meetings with President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang.

A Philippine flag flutters from BRP Sierra Madre, a dilapidated Philippine Navy ship that has been aground since 1999 and became a Philippine military detachment on the disputed Second Thomas shoal in the South China Sea.

Rough waters in the South China Sea

Philippine officials say a Chinese coast guard ship and an accompanying vessel rammed a Philippine coast guard ship and a military supply boat in the South China Sea on Sunday. The incidents took place near the Second Thomas, or Ayungin, shoal in the Spratly Island chain near a Philippine naval outpost in an area Beijing claims as its territorial waters.

The headquarters of the People's Bank of China is pictured behind an iron chain in Beijing.

Will China’s property woes get political?

As China’s financial troubles mount, analysts forecast stormy skies for its economy — and potentially, its politics.

Hard Numbers: Biden ditches filibuster, Afghan aid, global economic slump, Chinese lockdowns
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Hard Numbers: Biden ditches filibuster, Afghan aid, global economic slump, Chinese lockdowns