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    "China",
    "Louvre",
    "South korea",
    "China's military purge",
    "_number_",
    "_study_",
    "_President_ _**Xi Jinping**_ _’s purge_",
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  "textContent": "\n\n**100:** The estimated _number_ of senior officials who’ve been sidelined or have disappeared from China’s military since 2022, according to a _study_ released on Tuesday. According to analysts, those swept up in _President_ _**Xi Jinping**_ _’s purge_ of his armed forces make up roughly half of the top military leadership.\n\n* * *\n\n**5:** The number of months it took for Louvre director **Laurence des Cars** to _resign_ from her post following the infamous jewel heist at the world-renowned Paris museum in October. President **Emmanuel Macron** accepted her resignation on Tuesday. The jewels, valued at $102 million, remain missing. Strikes from Louvre workers over pay and working conditions have exacerbated the crisis.\n\n**0.8:** South Korea’s _fertility rate_ – the average number of children a woman is expected to have in her lifetime – in 2025, up from 0.75 in 2024 and 0.72 the year prior. The figure exceeded the government’s expectations and marks a sustained comeback for the country, which has the world’s _lowest fertility rate_. The rate remains far below the 2.1 threshold required to sustain population numbers.\n\n**108:** The number of minutes US President **Donald Trump** spoke during last night’s State of the Union address, breaking a _previous record_ he set in 2025. Congratulations to the two _GZERO Community_ members who correctly guessed about how long his speech would be!",
  "title": "Hard Numbers: China’s mass military purge, Louvre director quits, South Korea’s fertility rate inches up, Trump’s record SOTU speech"
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