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The World in Brief from The Economist

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  • Mass shooting rocks Sydney; Jimmy Lai convicted, and more
    Australian police said the attackers behind a mass shooting at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach in Sydney were a father and son. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • A campus shooting in Rhode Island; three Americans killed in Syria, and more
    Belarus released 123 prisoners as part of an American-brokered deal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • Trump announces Thai-Cambodian truce; EU indefinitely freezes Russian assets, and more
    Wall Street stock indices fell on Friday amid fresh fears of a potential artificial-intelligence bubble Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • America escalates against Venezuela; Disney invests $1bn in OpenAI, and more
    The White House said that an oil tanker it seized off the coast of Venezuela would be sent to an American port, where the vessel’s cargo will be obtained by following “a legal process”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • The Fed cuts rates in a divided vote; America seizes an oil tanker off Venezuela, and more
    The Federal Reserve lowered the central bank’s headline interest-rate range by a quarter of a percentage point, to 3.5-3.75%. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The World in Brief tells you what’s on the global agenda in the coming day, what to look out for in business, finance and politics and, most importantly, what to make of it.Economist Podcasts+ subscribers and digital subscribers to The Economist should log in at economist.com/audio/podcasts/the-world-in-brief for access to the full World in Brief.Sign up for Economist Podcasts+ here: www.economist.com/podcastsplus-worldinbrief. For more information about Economist Podcasts+, including how to get access, please visit our FAQs page here https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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