TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s economy is now the world’s fourth-largest after it contracted in the last quarter of 2023 and fell behind Germany. The government reported the economy shrank at an annual rate of 0.4% in October to December, according to Cabinet Office data on real GDP released Thursday, though it grew 1.9% for all of 2023. It contracted 2.9% in July-September. Two straight quarters of contraction are considered an indicator an economy is in a technical recession. Read More...
Corrected 12:23 p.m. | House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Tuesday did not commit to helping Speaker Kevin McCarthy keep his gavel as his Democratic colleagues described Republicans as engaged in a “civil war” they must end.
The New York Democrat spoke to reporters following a lengthy House Democratic conference meeting in which, members said, there was near-unanimity on not providing the votes to help McCarthy defeat a motion to vacate the speakership that is expected to come to a floor vote around 1:30 p. Read More...
On Sept. 9, President Russell M. Nelson will turn 99 years old. In celebration of his birthday and in honor of his many years of service as an Apostle and Prophet in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Church News has compiled a quote from each of his general conference addresses since 1984.
1984“Now, I understand fully that the call to the Holy Apostleship is one of witness to the world of the divinity of the Lord Jesus the Christ. Read More...