The new Global Economic Prospects update also notes that global growth is expected to contract by 1.7 percent this year. This would be the first decline in world output since World War II.

《全球经济展望》更新版还指出，预计全球经济今年将会收缩1.7%，这将是二次大战以来世界产出首度出现下降。

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The term "assault rifle" was first used by Germany during World War II, The New York Times notes.

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There have been almost 40 new communicable diseases identified in the last 30 years, he notes, and more will likely arise as a growing world population brings people in closer contact with each other and disease-bearing animals.

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