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The Middle East accounts for 15.8 percent of Africa's imports and 10.9 percent of its exports, the report noted.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

We are roughly 45 percent joking in this entry.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

In the general population, about 1 percent of people develop the condition.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The world's largest economy gained 178,000 jobs in March, after losing 133,000 in February, and the unemployment rate dropped by 0.1 percentage-points to 4.3 percent, the Labor Department said.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The “consumer loan” piles that Wall Street firms, led by Goldman Sachs, asked AIG FP to insure went from being 2 percent subprime mortgages to being 95 percent subprime mortgages.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis