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Eurozone to forgo budget belt-tightening for now
Eurozone finance ministers on Monday said they would not tighten spending given the continuing pandemic in Europe, but warned that soaring debt levels would have to be eventually fixed. Meeting
Biden’s immigration policy takes heat as migrant levels soar
President Joe Biden faced mounting pressure Monday from Republicans over his handling of a surge in migrants — including thousands of unaccompanied children — arriving at the US-Mexican border. While
Memorial for 30,000 people who died of COVID-19 in New York
The city of New York held a virtual memorial Sunday evening for the more than 30,000 people who have died of COVID-19 since the first death after a confirmed Coronavirus
Alleged Sexual Harassment: Biden, Pelosi sidestep calling on NY governor to resign
Andrew Cuomo US President Joe Biden sidestepped questions Sunday on whether New York Governor Andrew Cuomo should resign over sexual misconduct allegations, while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the state
China industrial output, retail sales surge in pandemic rebound
China’s industrial output and retail sales surged in the first two months of the year, official data showed Monday, underscoring the country’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Industrial production spiked
At least 388,000 killed in Syria’s 10 years of conflict, monitor says
At least 388,652 people have been killed in Syria’s conflict since it erupted in March 2011, a war monitor reported Sunday. The toll includes 117,388 civilians, the Syrian Observatory for
US virus expert Fauci urges country to avoid Europe’s mistakes
The US government’s top infectious disease expert warned Sunday a new wave of coronavirus infections could be on the way, pointing to the climb in cases in Europe as something
Dozens of Myanmar protesters killed Sunday, capping bloody weekend
Myanmar police and military forces killed at least 38 protesters on Sunday, most of them the country’s largest city Yangon, an advocacy group said. At least 126 protesters have been
A decade of war in Syria killed over 388,000 — Monitor
The overall death toll for Syria’s civil war has reached 388,652 since it began a decade ago this month, a war monitor said on Sunday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for
Protesters in Argentina attack bus carrying president
Photo: Strait Times Dozens of protesters kicked and threw rocks at a minibus carrying Argentine President Alberto Fernandez on Saturday as he visited an area devastated by forest fires, TV
