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Wall Street Journal
Xi Jinping and top Chinese officials offered a rare nod to the country’s sagging economy, without pointing to major overhauls.
https://www.wsj.com/world/china/chinas-leaders-point-to-economic-threats-but-show-no-sign-of-changing-tack-27790d88
President Paul Kagame, who has dominated Rwanda’s politics since the 1994 genocide, won more than 99% of votes this week.
Donald Trump, five days after narrowly escaping an assassin’s bullet and with his Democratic rival’s candidacy in crisis, accepted the Republican nomination for president for a third straight time at the party’s convention.