Shifting weather patterns and disappointing rains in Gaza mean Palestinian farmer Itaf Qudeih has managed to harvest only a quarter of the wheat she once grew on her land. "The wheat was taller and the grain was bigger, it is now very weak. The late winter influenced the crop and the quantity of the produce," said Qudeih, 60, as she joined fellow workers for the harvest in her fields in southern Gaza. "This land used to produce a ton of grain, it is now making a quarter of a ton because of weaker rainfall," she added.
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The repercussions of a first-ever default on the US federal debt would quickly reverberate around the world. Experts say that no corner of the global economy would be spared
If the debt crisis roiling Washington were eventually to send the United States crashing into recession, America’s economy would hardly sink alone. The