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China & India to take control of one-third of global economy

China & India to take control of one-third of global economy The developing markets of China and India will make up 35 percent of global gross domestic product (GDP) by 2060, nearing the US and European nations' combined share, according to the Japan Center for Economic Research. The Tokyo-based think tank says China's share of the world's economy will be about 20 percent and India's nearly 16 percent, up from 17 percent and four percent in 2019, respectively. Also on rt.com China’s smart supercities powered by 5G to become new growth engine China is forecast to keep its current number-two position in the world GDP ranking until surpassing the United States around 2030. India will be the world's third-l...

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Stock finally ran out? France ‘bans’ protester-maiming grenade not manufactured since 2014

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Stock finally ran out? France ‘bans’ protester-maiming grenade not manufactured since 2014 France is finally joining the rest of Europe by withdrawing explosives from its arsenal of crowd control tools. The announced retirement of the protester-maiming GLI-F4 grenade however may be due to stocks running out. The GLI-F4 is a controversial device that the French police and gendarmes consider a weapon of last resort before using live bullets. The 190-gram projectile, which can be thrown by hand or fired from a launcher, contains about 30 grams of the high explosive TNT. When it explodes, it produces a powerful blast, a deafening bang and a cloud of the tear gas CS. La grenade GLI-F4 a un triple effet: lacrymogène, sonore (forte détonation)...

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Hong Kong hospital hit by homemade bomb day after protesters set fire to coronavirus quarantine building

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Hong Kong hospital hit by homemade bomb day after protesters set fire to coronavirus quarantine building A small bomb prompted evacuation and temporarily disrupted work at a hospital in Hong Kong. Masked protesters had earlier firebombed a proposed quarantine area for possible coronavirus victims. The explosive device was hidden in a bathroom stall inside the Caritas Medical Center and went off at around 2:30am on Monday. About 20 patients were evacuated, after which a bomb squad examined the scene. The hospital's emergency department had to limit its work until services were fully restored later in the morning. No one was injured in the blast. "After the explosion, there was a lot of white smoke, and a small fire," Chief Inspector Kevin Chong Kiu-w...

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'Lessons of Auschwitz': Moscow school students create VR animation tribute to Holocaust victims (VIDEO)

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'Lessons of Auschwitz': Moscow school students create VR animation tribute to Holocaust victims (VIDEO) RT's digital art project dedicated to 75 years of Victory over Nazism releases VR music video illustrated by schoolchildren using tilt brush. The music score is by Peter Theremin, great-grandson of Leon Theremin — the creator of the theremin, world's first electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact by the performer. This music video, part of a larger project #VictoryPages, is the result of months of preparation and work. RT teamed up with Moscow's School №548 to work with nine teenagers aged 14 to 16. The idea was to teach them how to draw in VR, educate them on the Holocaust and ask them to reproduce their emotions through ...

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Oman’s top diplomat visits Iran for 2nd time in week to discuss Gulf security

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Oman’s top diplomat visits Iran for 2nd time in week to discuss Gulf security Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hosted his Omani counterpart Yusuf bin Alawi on Sunday, the second such visit in one week, for talks on security in the Gulf. Alawi made his visit to Tehran after his trip to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, which Zarif skipped after scheduling changes to the annual event. Zarif and Alawi discussed “bilateral cooperation regarding the Strait of Hormuz and emphasized their governments’ will… to guarantee maritime and energy security for all,” according to Iran’s foreign ministry. It was their second meeting in the Iranian capital since last Tuesday and at least their fourth encounter since last July, AFP said. Oman has often acted as a ...

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Passenger plane with 130 on board slides off runway, stops in the middle of a road in western Iran (VIDEO)

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Passenger plane with 130 on board slides off runway, stops in the middle of a road in western Iran (VIDEO) A packed Iranian passenger plane skidded of the runway and ended up in the middle of a city street, local media report. Caspian Airlines Flight 6936 took off from Tehran at around 6:44am local time and was trying to land in the city of Bandar-e Mahshahr in southwestern Khuzestan Province when it skidded off the runway on Monday, Tasnim News said. Videos from the scene, which are circulating on social media, show the Boeing aircraft lying on its belly in the middle of the road. Passengers were calmly evacuated from the plane, while some wreckage from the fuselage could be seen on the ground. Dramatic footage of a passenger plane bel...

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China's Premier Li Keqiang arrives in coronavirus outbreak epicenter Wuhan to supervise epidemic control efforts

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China's Premier Li Keqiang arrives in coronavirus outbreak epicenter Wuhan to supervise epidemic control efforts Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has arrived in the city of Wuhan in Hubei Province, which is ground zero of the 2019-nCoV novel coronavirus outbreak that already infected more than 2,800 people and claimed 80 lives across the nation. “At the instruction of China's Chairman Xi Jinping, [Li, who is] a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China and the head of the working group, created due to the outbreak of pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus, has arrived in Wuhan to inspect and control the effort on fighting the epidemic,” the State Council said in a statement. The Chinese government is undertaking some drastic...

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‘I’m not worried’: French coronavirus patient speaks out as death toll & global concerns continue to rise

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‘I’m not worried’: French coronavirus patient speaks out as death toll & global concerns continue to rise A French national of Chinese origin, who has contracted the deadly virus and is hospitalized in Bordeaux, says he is “not worried” about his affliction. The total number of infections has surpassed 2,000 while 56 people have died. France has become the first European country where cases of the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) have been confirmed. So far, three people have been diagnosed with the deadly disease – one in Bordeaux and two in Paris. The Bordeaux patient, a 48-year-old man who has not been named, had traveled to China recently, spoke to the local media. The man said he had likely contracted the virus in either Shanghai or Wuhan – the ...

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Nakers star LeBron? MSNBC botches Kobe Bryant’s team name, BBC shows footage of another NBA legend in rush to report his death

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Nakers star LeBron? MSNBC botches Kobe Bryant’s team name, BBC shows footage of another NBA legend in rush to report his death MSNBC and the BBC are getting heavy criticism after the former found an anchor accused of dropping the n-word when she “stuttered” covering Bryant’s death and the latter busted showing footage of the wrong player. While reporting on the Sunday morning helicopter crash in southern California that led to the death of 41-year-old Bryant, MSNBC anchor Allison Morris stumbled over her words when mistaking the basketball team Bryant played on for 20 years until his retirement in 2016. Also on rt.com NBA legend Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash aged 41 Many accused the anchor of saying ...

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China says coronavirus can spread before symptoms show as death toll grows to 80 & 5th US case is confirmed

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China says coronavirus can spread before symptoms show as death toll grows to 80 & 5th US case is confirmed The death toll from the 2019-nCoV coronavirus outbreak in China has reached 80 with hundreds of new infections detected. Meanwhile, US public health officials have confirmed new cases of the coronavirus in Los Angeles and Arizona. With 24 new death reported in Hubei Province – the epicenter of the outbreak – the overall death toll from the novel coronavirus in China now stands at 80, with nearly 2,500 confirmed cases countrywide. China has also come forward with news that the virus can spread before symptoms show. The country's health minister Ma Xiaowei confirmed the bad news on Sunday, which has panicked some US doctors. ...

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