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India Is Passing China in Population. Can Its Economy Ever Do the Same?

By Mujib Mashal & Alex Travelli | The New York Times

India has a young, vast work force that is expanding as China’s ages and shrinks. But the country’s immense size also lays bare its enormous challenges.

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Paramilitaries Call for Cease-Fire Less Than a Day After Another Failed

By Declan Walsh & Victoria Kim | The New York Times

With Sudan’s capital paralyzed by a fifth day of violent clashes, the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group called Wednesday for a new 24-hour cease-fire, a day after a similar proposed truce collapsed amid gunfire and explosions and as the toll on civilians grew.

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