内容摘要：However, the most recent official data showed the US economy shrank at an annual rate of 0.2% in the first three months of this year, the first contraction since 2022.

However, the most recent official data showed the US economy shrank at an annual rate of 0.2% in the first three months of this year, the first contraction since 2022.

preventing it from leaving the country - providing a UK gallery the chance to acquire it.The Art Fund charity has offered £750,000 towards the cost, however a further £2.9m is required before a 27 August deadline.

If the target was not met, the sculpture by the Wakefield-born artist would go to a private buyer and be taken overseas.The appeal is backed by artists and creatives including Sir Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor, Jonathan Anderson, Richard Deacon, Katy Hessel, Veronica Ryan, Joanna Scanlan and Dame Rachel Whiteread.The piece is one of only a handful of wooden carvings made by the artist during the 1940s, when she lived in St Ives, Cornwall, with her young family.

If bought, the Hepworth said it would be a "star piece" in its collection.The gallery also planned to lend it to other museums and galleries across the UK, "opening up access for people everywhere".

Simon Wallis, gallery director, said: "We established The Hepworth Wakefield 14 years ago to celebrate, explore and build on Barbara Hepworth's legacy.

"This sculpture is the missing piece, a masterpiece which deserves to be on display in the town where Hepworth was born.""I was just standing and watching the crowds near the main gate. Suddenly, people started running all around and the police started hitting people with their lathis," he said.

Police in India often wield lathis - long bamboo sticks - to try and control crowds.Mr Mohammed got hit on the head with a lathi and started bleeding. He says the police immediately arranged for a vehicle to take him to the hospital.

The ages of the 11 victims range from 13 to 43 years.The youngest, Divyanshi, was a Class 9 student who had come to the stadium with her mother and other family members. Other victims include college students and a young tech worker who had come to the stadium with her colleagues.