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Women take part in a ritual event of naked festival, for the first time in its 1250 years of history, at Owari Okunitama Shrine, also known as Konomiya Shrine, in Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan February 22, 2024.
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Hard Numbers: Japanese women go to naked party, Australian fires rage, French farmers fume, and Zambian creditors get paid.

Eyewitness footage shows explosion at military industry factory in Isfahan, Iran.
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What We're Watching: Iran weapons depot targeted, fierce battles in eastern Ukraine, Czechs back pro-EU president, McCarthy-Biden debt limit meeting

Iranian weapons depot targeted, fierce battles in eastern Ukraine, Czechs back pro-EU president

Biden forgives (some) US student loan debt
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Biden forgives (some) US student loan debt

The White House on Wednesday unveiled President Biden’s long-awaited plan to tackle soaring student debt in America, which currently sits at a whopping $1.6 trillion.

What We’re Watching: Argentina’s super minister, China-Zambia debt deal, Ukrainian grain trader dead
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What We’re Watching: Argentina’s super minister, China-Zambia debt deal, Ukrainian grain trader dead

Is the global debt apocalypse here?
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Is the global debt apocalypse here?

As the world largely began shifting to the “we have to learn to live it” stage of the pandemic late last year, many economists anticipated that hard-hit low- and middle-income countries might finally catch a break. But then Russia invaded Ukraine. The war’s economic effects are reverberating worldwide. Unsurprisingly, emerging market economies are struggling under mounting debt.

The looming pandemic debt cliff
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The looming pandemic debt cliff

2022 is shaping up to be a very painful year for low-income countries deep in the red due to COVID.

Deep in the red with China
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The Graphic Truth: Deep in the red with China

Stopping the debt spiral in the world's poorest nations
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Stopping the debt spiral in the world's poorest nations

"There needs to be a dramatic and deep reduction in the amount of debt on the poorest countries. That's clear." As the world's poorest nations struggle to recover from a devastating pandemic, World Bank President David Malpass argues that freeing them of much of their debt will be key. His conversation with Ian Bremmer is part of the latest episode of GZERO World.

The World Bank's role in global economic recovery
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The World Bank's role in global economic recovery

Nearly eighty years after the World Bank was founded, its mission of lifting the global poor out of poverty has never been more urgent. Ian Bremmer explains on GZERO World.

GZERO Media Town Hall: Could our response to COVID help end poverty?
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GZERO Media Town Hall: Could our response to COVID help end poverty?

The pandemic is an opportunity to fight poverty through multilateralism, develop a vaccine faster than ever before, and give African countries much-needed debt relief.