The Leader16d
Opera at Lydham Hall Historic House
Lydham Hall Historic House and Museum at Rockale will host its first major event of 2025 - Opera at the House, on Sunday, February 2. Covering Georges River Council, Bayside Council and general news.
Nikkei Asia18d
China posts 5% growth for 2024 as challenges pile up
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI -- China on Friday announced that its economic growth rate for 2024 was in line with the target set by a government beset by the threat of fresh U.S. tariffs, an enduring ...
The New York Times18d
China Says Economy Grew 5% Last Year, Driven by Exports
Analysts say they see signs of malaise in China’s domestic economy, but those problems were offset mainly by robust exports and a $1 trillion trade surplus. By Keith Bradsher Reporting from ...
CNN19d
China’s economy grows more than expected. But fears of Trump tariffs loom
China’s economy grew more than expected in the last three months of 2024, official data showed on Friday, as it awaits the likely imposition of fresh tariffs by US President-elect Donald Trump ...
Business Insider19d
China hit its economic goals in 2024 despite a consumer spending problem
In a news release on Friday morning, China's National Bureau of Statistics reported its economy grew 5% in 2024 from a year ago, meeting its official target. Analysts polled by Reuters had ...
Reuters19d
China's economy meets official growth target, but many feel worse off
China's Q4 GDP grows 5.4% y/y, beating market forecast 2024 GDP expands 5.0%, meeting the government's target But growth was unbalanced, led by industry and exports Consumption lags as workers ...
Mint19d
Congress moves SC against challenges to Places of Worship Act, citing ‘threat to communal harmony’
The Congress party has moved the Supreme Court to oppose the petitions ... Any alterations to the Act could jeopardise India's communal harmony and secular fabric thereby threatening the ...
Salon19d
A supreme double standard: Samuel Alito stretches the ethical gulf between justices and judges
The first few weeks of 2025 have made the urgent need for ethics reform at the Supreme Court painfully clear. First there was the decision by the Judicial Conference to pass on investigating ...
Wall Street Journal19d
China Has a $1 Trillion Head Start in Any Tariff Fight
As he prepares for his second term, China’s dominance of global manufacturing is greater than ever. China just posted a trade surplus with the rest of the world of almost $1 trillion for 2024 ...
The Economist20d
An initiative so feared that China has stopped saying its name
LIKE LORD VOLDEMORT from Harry Potter, “Made in China 2025” is an initiative which induces so much fear and loathing abroad that Chinese officials dare not speak its name. The plan ...
The Verge20d
The Supreme Court could decide the fate of Pornhub — and the rest of the internet
I read Pornhub for the articles. I read Pornhub for the articles. In Supreme Court oral arguments over a potentially seismic change to the internet, the most memorable question came from Justice ...
Los Angeles Times20d
Supreme Court leans in favor of state-enforced age limits on porn websites
Texas state attorneys told the Supreme Court on Wednesday. They urged justices to restore the rules of an earlier era, when X-rated theaters and bookstores had an adults-only policy. Last year ...