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      Palestinian death toll in Gaza reaches 39,480: health authorities

      2024-08-02 09:12 Last Updated At:12:37

      The ongoing Israeli attacks in the latest round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict have killed 39,480 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, health authorities in the besieged Palestinian enclave said on Thursday.

      During the past 24 hours, the Israeli army killed 35 Palestinians and wounded 55 others, bringing the overall death toll to 39,480 and total injuries to 91,128 since the outbreak of the latest round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict on last Oct 7, which has lasted for 300 days, the Hamas-run health authorities said in a statement.

      As the Israeli army continues its operations across multiple locations in Gaza, an airstrike targeting a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza City killed at least 15 people and injured several others on Thursday, according to the Palestinian official news agency WAFA.

      Israeli military operations have also resulted in the deaths of senior officials from Hamas and Hezbollah, the Lebanese-based armed political group.

      Early Wednesday morning, the residence of Haniyeh in Tehran was hit in an airstrike after he attended the inauguration of Iran's new president, resulting in the death of Haniyeh as one of Hamas' highest-ranking officials and a bodyguard.

      The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps of Iran says Haniyeh was killed by an "air-launched guided projectile" that struck the building. The attack happened just hours after Israel's strike on Beirut, which killed Hezbollah senior commander Fuad Shukr.

      Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah condemned the Israeli attack on southern Beirut as an act of aggression and vowed definite response to the airstrike during his televised address at Shukr's funeral on Thursday.

      Nasrallah stated that Israel has crossed red lines, saying that the war with Israel has entered a "new phase".

      He emphasized that the only way to prevent further escalation is to pressure Israel to end its aggression on Gaza.

      On the same day, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel is at a very high level of preparation for any scenario, both defensive and offensive. In his address, he mentioned the deaths of Shukr and Mohammed Deif, a Hamas military commander, but did not refer to the killing of Haniyeh.

      Israel's National Security Council warned on Thursday that Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah might target Israelis or Jewish sites abroad.

      Palestinian death toll in Gaza reaches 39,480: health authorities

      Palestinian death toll in Gaza reaches 39,480: health authorities

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      Potential China-US trade deal could benefit world economy: British entrepreneur

      2025-01-23 02:00 Last Updated At:02:17

      A potential trade deal between United States and China, the world's two largest economies, could benefit not only the two sides but also the global economy as a whole, said renowned British entrepreneur Martin Sorrell on Tuesday.

      In an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN) on the sideline of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Sorrell, the Founder and Executive Chairman of the digital advertising and marketing services provider S4 Capital, shared his perspective on the evolving global economic landscape.

      He said that the world is facing slower economic growth and highlighted the U.S. and China as key players for driving global economic expansion.

      "You look at the world in a different way. You focus on where the growth is. So where's the growth going to be? The U.S. is going to be strong. The U.S. economy, S and P 500 Earnings this year will be up 11 percent, that's the forecast; next year, 7 percent. That's the biggest determinant of advertising growth is corporate profitability be strong, so the U.S. will be strong. Asia, very strong. If you're big in China, like Apple or Tesla, or indeed LV, you want to be bigger; If you are small in China or underweight, you probably want to be bigger. So with that one caveat, China is obviously remains really important," said Sorrell.

      Donald Trump, who was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday, has repeatedly vowed to implement additional tariffs on a broad range of trading partners, including China.

      Noting that the combined GDP of the U.S. and China has reached 46 trillion U.S. dollars, accounting for over 40 percent of the global total of 106 trillion U.S. dollars, Sorrell suggested that Trump's business instincts could lead him to negotiate a trade deal with China, benefiting both countries and the global economy.

      "The U.S. is 28 trillion [U.S. dollars]; China, 18 trillion out of 106 [trillion], so 46 [trillion], by far the biggest part of the world economy. I think Europe is about 18 [trillion] as a whole, but no individual countries like this. So that's the most important issue. There seems to be a bit of delay in relation in considering Chinese tariffs, may be going first on Canada and Mexico rather than China. So maybe we'll see, maybe there is the hope of a deal. And I hope there will be a deal, because I think it will be good for the world, and for obviously, for both economists, they would if it happens. President Trump wrote the book, the Art of the Deal, and he's a negotiator, and he wants to do the best financially for America, and financially for America maybe a deal with China in trade is the best thing," he said.

      In terms of China's economic outlook, Sorrell said he expects the Chinese economy to strengthen, adding that he thinks China will shift its trade policy to focus more on the markets that take up nearly 60 percent of the global GDP.

      "My view is that it is a multipolar world. And the Americans, I can say this as British, the Americans and indeed the British have got to understand that the plates are shifting, that the Global South, the BRICS, the Next 11 are becoming more important. I look forward to a world which will be not dominated by the West, the hegemonic West, or the U.S., but more balanced and more nuanced. And I think that's what we have to get used to. I expect the Chinese economy to strengthen. China was going to alter its trade policy to emphasize that 60 trillion that is outside China and the U.S. I said it was 46 [trillion]. the world is 106. So there's 60 trillion of GDP in Latin America, in Africa, in Europe, in Asia Pacific that China can develop," said Sorrell.

      Potential China-US trade deal could benefit world economy: British entrepreneur

      Potential China-US trade deal could benefit world economy: British entrepreneur

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