内容摘要：Her husband Hamdy, 40, also a doctor, and their son Adam, 11, are in the ICU, their lives hanging by a thread inside Gaza’s disintegrating health system – not by chance but by design. The repeated, intentional targeting of hospitals and clinics has left Gaza’s healthcare infrastructure in ruins. In just one week, 12 of Gaza’s most dedicated nurses were killed, one by one.

Her husband Hamdy, 40, also a doctor, and their son Adam, 11, are in the ICU, their lives hanging by a thread inside Gaza’s disintegrating health system – not by chance but by design. The repeated, intentional targeting of hospitals and clinics has left Gaza’s healthcare infrastructure in ruins. In just one week, 12 of Gaza’s most dedicated nurses were killed, one by one.

The vote, held in the backdrop of a martial law bid by ex-President Yoon Suk-yeol, could also affect Seoul’s approach towards the US, China and Japan, say analysts.Voters in South Korea are choosing a new president to replace Yoon Suk-yeol who was impeached and

over his brief and ill-fatedThe snap election on June 3 is pivotal, with implications for South Korea’s democratic future, as well as its ties with China, the United States and its nuclear armed neighbour, North Korea.The winner – who will serve a single term of five-years – faces the task of addressing the fallout from the martial law decree, which lasted six hours but unleashed political chaos, including mass protests, a riot at a court and three caretaker leaders in six months.

The new president will also have to tackle a deepening economic downturn and manage tariff negotiations with the US, which has imposed a 25 percent levy on key exports such as steel, aluminium and automobiles.Here’s what you need to know about the June 3 poll:

Who are the candidates?

There are five candidates on the ballot, but the main contenders areOnce the ceiling is reached, the government cannot borrow more unless Congress raises or suspends the limit. Since 1960, Congress has raised, suspended or changed the terms of the debt ceiling 78 times, allowing the US to borrow more money.

The federal deficit under different presidentsThe federal deficit is how much more money the government spends than it brings in during a single year. A federal surplus would mean the US is bringing in more money than it is spending.

The deficit grew sharply during Trump’s first term, especially in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the government spent heavily while tax revenues dropped due to job losses. That year, the deficit reached nearly 15 percent of the entire economy (GDP).Under former President Bill Clinton, there was a federal surplus – the result of favourable economic conditions such as the dot-com boom, as well as tax increases which raised more revenues.