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Shanghai, Sep 9 (EFE/EPA).- China's consumer price index (CPI), the main indicator of inflation, increased 0.8 percent year-on-year in August, according to data published Thursday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).This represents a 1 percent drop with respect to the previous month's data, and is below that expected by analysts, who predicted a rise of around 1 percent for August. (Camera: ALEX PLAVEVESKI).B-ROLL OF THE SKYSCRAPERS AND A FOOD MARKET IN SHANGHAI, CHINA.
U.S. government agency studies show that 2014 was the warmest year on record, and suggest findings bolster the argument that people are altering the Earth's climate. Mana Rabiee reports.
U.S. government agency studies show that 2014 was the warmest year on record, and suggest findings bolster the argument that people are altering the Earth's climate. Mana Rabiee reports.
Britain's economy will rebound this year and not shrink as initially thought, but will grow far less than expected next year, finance minister Jeremy Hunt says as he presents his Autumn Statement to parliament. Gross domestic product will expand 0.6 percent in 2023, Hunt said citing the Office for Budget Responsibility fiscal watchdog, upgrading its prior forecast of minus 0.2 percent. GDP is then set to grow by 0.7 percent in 2024, which was sharply down from previous guidance for a 1.8-percent expansion. SOUNDBITE
Carlo Buontempo, director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), says it is virtually certain that the high temperatures in July mean that "the month as a whole will become the warmest July on record, the warmest month on record". The top 21 hottest days have "all occurred this month", he adds. SOUNDBITE
The city of Phoenix breaks a 49-year-old record with its 19th consecutive day of temperatures of 43.3 Celsius (110 Fahrenheit) or higher according to weather officials. IMAGES
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