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Japan loses spot as world’s third-largest economy to Germany

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A shop employee stands in front of binoculars on display at a department store in Tokyo on October 22, 2021. Behrouz Mehri | AFP | Getty Images Japan has lost its spot as the world’s third-largest economy to Germany, as the Asian giant unexpectedly slipped into recession. Once the second largest economy in the world, … Read more

What’s at stake in Indonesia as the world’s third-largest democracy elects a new president?

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JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia, the world’s third-largest democracy, will open its polls on Wednesday to nearly 205 million eligible voters in presidential and legislative elections, the fifth since Southeast Asia’s largest economy began democratic reforms in 1998. The sprawling archipelago of 17,000 islands and more than 270 million people from about 1,300 ethnic groups is … Read more