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Saturday, March 21, 2020

New Zealand offered US$515 million bailout
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New Zealand offered US$515 million bailout

Air New Zealand has been offered a NZ$900 million (US$515 million) loan to help the flag carrier survive the coronavirus crisis, the government said Friday. "Without this intervention, New Zealand was at risk of not having a national airline," Finance Min
Published 21 Mar, 2020 12:00am
India hangs four over 2012 Delhi bus gang-rape
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India hangs four over 2012 Delhi bus gang-rape

India executed four men on Friday for the gang-rape and murder of a woman on a Delhi bus in 2012 that sparked huge nationwide protests and international revulsion. The four were hanged before dawn at Tihar Jail in the Indian capital, prison chief Sandeep
Published 21 Mar, 2020 12:00am
US home sales race to 13-year high
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US home sales race to 13-year high

US home sales surged to a 13-year high in February, but the housing market recovery is likely to be derailed by the coronavirus pandemic, which has unleashed a wave of layoffs and left the economy teetering on the brink of a recession.
Published 21 Mar, 2020 12:00am
US suspends all routine visa services due to virus
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US suspends all routine visa services due to virus

The United States said Friday it was suspending all routine visa services around the world due to the global coronavirus pandemic. US embassies and consulates will still consider emergency visas if they have adequate staff, the State Department said.
Published 21 Mar, 2020 12:00am
Pentagon successfully tests hypersonic missile
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Pentagon successfully tests hypersonic missile

The United States announced Friday it has successfully tested an unarmed prototype of a hypersonic missile, a weapon that could potentially overwhelm an adversary's defense systems.
Published 21 Mar, 2020 12:00am
Dutch tram shooter jailed for life
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Dutch tram shooter jailed for life

Dutch judges on Friday sentenced a Turkish-born man to life in prison for a "terrorist" shooting on a tram in the city of Utrecht that killed four people. Gokmen Tanis, 38, was found guilty of opening fire with a pistol on a tram while shouting "Allahu Ak
Published 21 Mar, 2020 12:00am
US approval for Trump's coronavirus handling shoots up
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US approval for Trump's coronavirus handling shoots up

A majority of Americans now approves of President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus crisis, according to a poll released Friday, in a sharp pivot from his previously dire numbers. According to the ABC News/Ipsos poll, 55 percent approve of his pe
Published 21 Mar, 2020 12:00am
At least 24 Afghan security forces killed in insider attack
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At least 24 Afghan security forces killed in insider attack

At least two dozen Afghan security forces were killed Friday in an insider attack on their base in southern Afghanistan, officials told AFP, as fighting raged in the war-weary country while efforts to start talks with the Taliban stalled. The pre-dawn att
Published 21 Mar, 2020 12:00am
Finland is again world's happiest country: UN
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Finland is again world's happiest country: UN

Good cheer may feel in short supply as the world reels under a global pandemic, but experts at the United Nations on Friday declared Finland to be the world's happiest nation for the third year running. Researchers for the World Happiness Report asked peo
Published 21 Mar, 2020 12:00am
Lebanon summons US envoy over ex-militiaman's flight
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Lebanon summons US envoy over ex-militiaman's flight

Lebanon's foreign minister summoned the US ambassador Friday over the return of a naturalised American former militiaman accused of torture to the United States despite a travel ban, state media said. Amer al-Fakhoury, a former member of the South Lebanon
Published 21 Mar, 2020 12:00am
EU to suspend budget rules to help face virus crisis
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EU to suspend budget rules to help face virus crisis

The European Commission said Friday that the EU would suspend its strict rules on public deficits to allow governments to open the money taps to face the coronavirus pandemic. In an unprecedented decision, Brussels triggered something called the "general
Published 21 Mar, 2020 12:00am
Saudi Arabia announces emergency stimulus, expects wider deficit
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Saudi Arabia announces emergency stimulus, expects wider deficit

Saudi Arabia announced emergency stimulus measures on Friday that took its support for the economy to more than $32 billion as it tackles the coronavirus outbreak and lower oil prices, and said it is looking to borrow more to finance a widening deficit.
Published 21 Mar, 2020 12:00am
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