Israeli troops re-enter Gaza; Fed cuts economic growth forecast, and more
The World in Brief from The Economist
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🗓️ 20 March 2025
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| 0:44.3 | The Israel Defence Forces announced a resumption of focused ground operations in the Gaza Strip, |
| 0:51.3 | particularly around the Netsareem corridor, which cuts the territory in two. |
| 0:58.1 | Palestinian health officials said that Israeli strikes had also killed 20 people, including a UN worker. |
| 1:06.1 | On Tuesday, a large Israeli aerial attack killed at least 400 people, shattering hopes of extending a fragile |
| 1:13.7 | sea spire with Hamas. |
| 1:17.3 | The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a range of 4.25% to 4.5%. |
| 1:26.3 | The Central Bank revised its projections for 2025, predicting that America's economy |
| 1:32.4 | would grow by just 1.7% instead of the 2.1% it forecast in December. And that core inflation, |
| 1:40.6 | which excludes food and energy prices, would be 2.8% instead of 2.5%. |
| 1:47.5 | During a phone call with Donald Trump, Philodomir Zelenskyy, Ukraine's president, agreed to a partial |
| 1:55.7 | ceasefire, halting attacks on energy infrastructure with Russia. |
| 2:06.5 | Trump administration officials said that the American president proposed taking over Ukrainian energy facilities, including nuclear plants for protection. |
| 2:12.4 | On Tuesday, Mr. Trump spoke to Vladimir Putin. |
| 2:15.1 | Russia's president rejected the idea of an immediate 30-day |
| 2:19.4 | ceasefire. Police in Turkey arrested Ekram Imamoglu, Istanbul's mayor, days before he was |
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