Casualty figures and damages are still being assessed after firefighters rescued workers from the blaze in Busan city.
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Muslim-friendly tourism market is expected to grow to $410.9bn by 2032.
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India has scaled back visa operations in Bangladesh, hitting thousands of patients who rely on its hospitals for care.
![Shariful Islam and his wife, from Joypurhat in northwestern Bangladesh, have been travelling to India for the past four years for medical treatment. Now, their visas have expired and they're struggling to get new ones [Moudud Ahmmed Sujan/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Shariful-2-1735964312.jpeg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Workers walk off the job in eight US cities over pandemic-era cost-cutting measures.
The shift comes as Australia’s wine sales to China have plunged in the wake of an ongoing rift between them.
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As more places reopened and people got COVID-19 jabs, consumers confidently spent money at restaurants and stores.
![The rapid snapback in demand has outpaced supply, with companies struggling to fill open positions and acquire the materials needed for production [File: Bloomberg]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/spending2.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The IMF warns of global economic recovery where ‘the poor get poorer and social unrest and geopolitical tensions grow’.
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Main US stock indexes gained on Thursday on blockbuster GDP numbers and ahead of tech giant earnings results.
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UK hospitality group launches legal action against government’s plans to shut pubs, restaurants to curb spread of virus.
