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The news as booleans and numbers, with no opinions. Every ten minutes The BANN reads the world's news feeds, gathers the articles about the same event, and breaks it down into checkable claims: what is so, and what was counted.
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China’s GDP grew 4.5 percent year-on-year in the July-September quarter, according to official figures, with growth lifted by strong exports and industrial output. Domestic demand remained weak, while fixed-asset and property investment fell.
China's GDP grew 4.5 percent in the third quarter year-on-year.
On Oct. 19, Alberta voters will decide whether to begin the legal process toward a future binding secession referendum. Support for separation is a minority, while more than 400,000 people signed an opposing petition; a court blocked the pro-separation petition over Indigenous consultation concerns.
Less than one-quarter of Alberta’s population wants the province to separate from Canada, according to polling.
Qatar’s deputy prime minister warned that energy-related consequences from the US-Israeli war on Iran had not peaked. He called for dialogue with Tehran, opposed transit fees in the Strait of Hormuz and highlighted Qatar’s defence ties with the United States.
AllegedQatar’s deputy prime minister said more than 90 percent of attacks had been prevented through shared expertise and military capabilities.
Akihiro Nabae was 62 years old.
Ukrainian officials and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine received no US warning before a Russian missile barrage hit Kyiv power plants, while a later strike was preceded by a warning. US officials cited a possible software problem and said the strikes were being investigated.
AllegedUkraine said it was not warned before missile launches on at least three days during the previous week.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied that Washington paused intelligence-sharing with Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the sharing had been interrupted and later restored.
One person was killed in a Russian missile attack in Kyiv.
Nationwide protests took place across France on October 17 over living costs, education and public services. The unrest injured police, damaged buildings and businesses, unsettled financial markets, and prompted Macron to reject Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez’s resignation while demanding transparency over security failures.
The French Interior Ministry said 166 people had been arrested nationwide by midday.
AllegedHezbollah said families in Beirut and its suburbs whose homes were destroyed would receive $14,000 each.