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#BREAKING World Bank preparing $3 billion emergency aid package for Ukraine

#UPDATE World Bank President David Malpass, in a joint statement with IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva, said the aid organization is preparing a $3 billion aid package for war-torn Ukraine, which will include at least $350 million in immediate funds

#BREAKING World Bank announces more than $1 billion in aid for Afghanistan

#UPDATE The World Bank stated that more than $1 billion in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan will go to UN agencies and international NGOs and will "remain outside the control of the interim Taliban administration"