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Washington DC, Apr 14 (EFE).- "We project global growth in 2020 to fall to -3 per cent," the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reported on Tuesday."This is a downgrade of 6.3 percentage points from January 2020, a major revision over a very short period. This makes the Great Lockdown the worst recession since the Great Depression, and far worse than the Global Financial Crisis," the organism added.FOOTAGE OF WORLD BANK AND INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON DC.
"We anticipate the worst economic fallout since the Great Depression," IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva says in a speech previewing next week's spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank, as she warns that "global growth will turn sharply negative in 2020," due to the global coronavirus pandemic. SOUNDBITE
This is the terrifying moment when amateur video taken by smartphone captured a part of a jet engine ripping off during a commercial flight operated by Tez Jet out of Manas International Airport from Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek just one hour after takeoff with 96 people on board. The shocking footage, taken by a passenger, shows the moment that one of the four engines on the British Aerospace RJ-85 was knocked loose after blowout.
A bridge over the Vitim River in eastern Siberia is certainly one of the scariest and most dangerous crossings on the planet. This 66-foot-high, 1,640-foot-long bridge is barely wide enough to fit a vehicle on it and comes without any safety railing. Despite its below-par condition and old decaying wooden flooring, the bridge is actively used daily by some 1,500 people at their own risk. The bridge was built around 30 years ago but was never officially put into operation.
A thick veil of smog has fallen on New Delhi, leading to a health emergency and warnings from authorities for citizens to stay indoors in order to avoid the dangerous haze. Indian farmers usually burn their crop stubble around the beginning of November, which is believed to be the leading cause of the thick smog. The Indian Medical Association has declared a health emergency and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted that the city has become a "gas chamber"
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