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Central bankers from around the world are about to meet - virtually - to discuss challenging issues like inflation. They were supposed to be getting together in person at the Jackson Hole resort in Wyoming in the US. But a rise in cases of the Delta variant of coronavirus means the event has been turned into an online affair; we hear from Mohamed el-Erian, former chief executive of bond fund Pimco, about where we are in the global recovery. A new study involving very young children in Mali and Burkina Faso suggests that a new vaccine combination developed by the UK-based pharma company GSK could reduce deaths and illness from malaria by 70% and millions of lives could be saved every year. We hear more from Dr Daniel Chandramohan, Professor of Public Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; he co-authored the report on the trials. In Sweden, the 大象传媒's Maddy Savage reports on controversial proposals to abolish rent controls for new apartments built in the country. And the English city of Liverpool lost its UNESCO World Heritage designation after 17 years. The 大象传媒's Victoria Craig takes a look at why. (Photo: shopfront in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Credit: AaronP/Bauer-Griffin /Getty)