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The ongoing conflict has caused economic output in the Palestinian territories to plummet, the World Bank said

Palestinian Economy Facing Unprecedented Crisis: World Bank

Economic output in the Gaza Strip plummeted by 86 percent in the first half of this year, and by 23 percent in the West Bank, according to recent Bank data, leaving the Palestinian economy on track to contract by 26 percent in inflation-adjusted terms this year.
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Kenya was among the first countries to roll out malaria vaccines

Malaria Mortality Returns To Pre-Covid Levels: WHO

Malaria mortality has fallen back to levels seen before the Covid-19 crisis, the WHO said Wednesday, but called for faster progress against the disease that killed nearly some 597,000 people last year.
South Korean police have raided the office of President Yoon Suk Yeol, who last week declared a short-lived martial law

South Korean Police Blocked From Raid On President's Office

South Korean police said Wednesday that security guards were blocking a raid on President Yoon Suk Yeol's offices to investigate his brief imposition of martial law, with the opposition party accusing the presidential staff of illegally protecting an insurrectionist.
A woman writes on a poster showing South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol, with text that reads 'insurrection criminal Yoon is over'

South Korea Slaps Travel Bans On More Top Officials

A day after Yoon himself was hit with a travel ban, his party was meanwhile forging a "resignation roadmap" that reportedly could see him step down in February or March before fresh elections, while the opposition plans to organize an impeachment vote every Saturday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Tuesday that a trade war with the United States would result in "no winners"

China's Xi Warns 'No Winners' In Trade War With US

Former US president Donald Trump -- who returns to the White House next month -- unleashed a grueling trade war with China during his first term in office, lambasting alleged intellectual property theft and other "unfair" practices.

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