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World in brief: July 30, 2024
Activists play music and sing during a song march to remember victims of the recent countrywide deadly clashes, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 30, 2024

UNITED STATES: The national debt exceeded $35 trillion for the first time, the Treasury Department announced on Monday.

According to the Peter G Peterson Foundation, a non-partisan organisation, the national debt of $35.001 trillion (around £27trn) translates to $103,945 (around £80,500) of debt per person.

 

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