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The United Nations appeals for a record $22.2 billion (20.9 billion euros) to provide aid in 2017 to surging numbers of people hit by conflicts and disasters around the world.
"Sometimes when I get home after going to the supermarket, I almost start crying, because I can't buy anything anymore."
The UN appeals for $826 million to meet the needs of 6.2 million people in Myanmar this year, the largest appeal ever for the country, says Jens Laerke, spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
The United Nations is seeking more than $5 billion from international donors this year to tackle the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. It's the largest ever UN appeal for a single country, to avert what it has described as a "catastrophe". More than half of Afghanistan's population will need emergency assistance this year, with the UN estimating that 55% per cent of the population are suffering from acute hunger. FRANCE 24's Business Editor Stephen Carroll has the details.
In France, the leader in rapid diagnostic tests, Biosynex, has hired 200 temporary staff to meet soaring demand, amid record case numbers and end-of-year holidays.
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