You'll notice that the report doesn't estimate whether they died before or after Israel's incursion.

Ain't no party like a 50 cent party 'cuz a 50 cent party don't stop.

China is having massive economic problems currently. Who is OP trying to convince otherwise? Ignore the cape. Watch the bullfighter.

Also, when your economy is doing so poorly it's easy to do better. When your economy is doing well, it's more difficult to improve.

Mathematically, if I give a naked homeless person with no worldly possessions a sandwich, they have infinitely more wealth. It's still just a sandwich though.

For anyone who's been following along, Russia should have been able to take Avdivka over a year ago. For it to have taken this long really says everything. If this is a "turning point" in the war, there is still quite a lot of room for optimism.

You'll get no disagreement from me!

The alternative is that they just jack up the menu prices to accomplish the same thing. This is just the equivalent of pricing things at $19.99 because people don't understand that really means $20 which sounds like a lot more money.

Ah, but this is on a different scale than in countries without a free press. The press in the US is free to ignore the government's information or to run a counter message. This happens every hour of every day.

Where? What media outlet? Give a specific example.

Show me an example of US state authored or propagated propaganda. How many people does the US have that are employed by the state to manipulate public opinion online?