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South Korea GDP misses estimates as weak consumption, construction sector drive growth to 6-quarter low newsthirst.

The Seoul skyline. Mongkol Chuewong | Moment | Getty Images South Korea’s fourth-quarter GDP missed estimates Thursday, with weakness in consumption and the construction sector driving growth to a six-quarter low of 1.2%, year on year. Advance figures missed the 1.4% expansion expected by economists polled by Reuters, and the growth was also softer compared…

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Ukrainian comedians cope with war through humour newsthirst.

Vitaliy Shevchenko BBC Monitoring Russia editor Anton Tymoshenko/Underground Standup Stand-up comedy helps Ukrainians cope with the war, according to comedian Anton Tymoshenko On 14 October 2023, an unusual event was held in Ukraine’s most prestigious venue, Palace Ukraine in Kyiv. Anton Tymoshenko became the first Ukrainian stand-up comedian to give a solo performance there. “I…

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Off-duty police assaulted in Sydney brawl with one ‘repeatedly punched and kicked’ in the head | Australian police and policing newsthirst.

Two off-duty police officers have been assaulted in Sydney with one knocked to the ground and repeatedly punched in the head, New South Wales police allege. Police said they were called to a brawl on Enmore Road in Newtown late on Wednesday. “Officers … attended and found a 25-year-old man unconscious on the roadway,” a…

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