China’s Fiscal Condition Healthy, But Local Govts See High Debt Risks – Xinhua

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s fiscal status overall is sound and safe, but some local governments are facing high debt risks and large pressure of debt repayment, state media Xinhua news agency reported on Monday, citing a finance ministry official. The comments came as investors and economists become more concerned about municipal debt risks following local…

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China’s fiscal condition healthy, but local govts see high debt risks – Xinhua

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s fiscal status overall is sound and safe, but some local governments are facing high debt risks and large pressure of debt repayment, state media Xinhua news agency reported on Monday, citing a finance ministry official. The comments came as investors and economists become more concerned about municipal debt risks following local…

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Sixty Afghan girls hospitalised after school poisoning – police

(Fixes typo of word ‘hospitalised’ in lead paragraph) KABUL (Reuters) – Around 60 Afghan girls were hospitalised after being poisoned at their school in northern Afghanistan, police said on Monday. The poisoning, which targeted a girls’ school in the Afghan province of Sar-e Pol, comes after intense scrutiny of girls’ education in the war-torn nation…

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