{"id":33375,"date":"2024-05-23T14:13:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T14:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/thursday-headlines-miracle-in-the-desert#id33163"},"modified":"2024-05-23T14:13:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T14:13:00","slug":"thursday-headlines-miracle-in-the-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/thursday-headlines-miracle-in-the-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday headlines: Miracle in the desert?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly three in five Americans wrongly believe the United States is in an economic recession, and the majority blame <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/article\/2024\/may\/22\/poll-economy-recession-biden\">the Biden administration.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The Guardian<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Britain&#39;s prime minister calls for a general election <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/uk-election-rishi-sunak-prime-minister-tories-july-polls-labour-party\/\">in July<\/a>, which the Tories are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/interactive\/uk-general-election\/forecast\">likely to lose.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Politico.eu, The Economist<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Somewhere between half and two-thirds of [Myanmar]&#8221; has fallen to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c0600jgey2po\">its resistance movement.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ BBC News<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Btw: Putin And Xi are way <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noemamag.com\/putin-and-xi-are-way-beyond-the-rubicon\/\">beyond the Rubicon.&#8221;<\/a> At the same time? 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