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International tourism to plunge up to 30pc: UN
Agence France-Presse . Madrid | Updated at 11:05pm on March 27, 2020
International travel will likely fall by 20-30 per cent in 2020 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, putting millions of jobs in the global tourism...
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Coronavirus test kits pour off South Korean production line
Agence France-Presse . Cheongju | Updated at 11:01pm on March 27, 2020
Every few seconds, a batch of white plastic cases shoots along a conveyor belt in a South Korean factory — coronavirus test kits destined for...
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White House, US senate agree on $2t coronavirus rescue plan
Agence France-Presse. Washington | Updated at 10:36pm on March 25, 2020
The White House and Senate have reached agreement on a $2 trillion stimulus package for the US economy and millions of Americans ravaged by the...
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Coronavirus fallout revives talk of ‘universal basic income’
Agence France-Presse . Stockton | Updated at 10:34pm on March 25, 2020
The scoffed-at idea of paying everyone a basic income as machines take people’s jobs is getting a fresh look as a possible remedy for economies...
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Pvt sector credit growth sinks further to 9.13pc in Feb
HM Murtuza | Updated at 10:20pm on March 25, 2020
The private sector credit growth plunged to 9.13 per cent in February amid a slowdown in imports due to the outbreak of coronavirus in China,...
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US congress homes in on huge package to save virus-hit economy
AFP | Updated at 10:32pm on March 24, 2020
US lawmakers closed in on a deal Tuesday to help save the teetering economy by injecting nearly $2 trillion into pockets of struggling Americans, devastated...
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Firms adapt as coronavirus upends global economy
Agence France-Presse. Paris | Updated at 11:26pm on March 23, 2020
Companies are scrambling to adapt as the coronavirus emergency saps demand and governments order them to shut down part if not all of their activities....
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Crowdsourced virtual supercomputer revs up virus research
Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 10:12pm on March 22, 2020
Gamers, bitcoin ‘miners’ and companies large and small have teamed up for an unprecedented data-crunching effort that aims to harness idle computing power to accelerate...
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Carew’s hand sanitiser hits market today
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 10:08pm on March 22, 2020
Carew & Co will release its health sanitiser in the market at an affordable price on experimental basis today to meet the growing demand in...
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Negotiations lag on $1 trillion stimulus for virus-hit US
Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 10:27pm on March 21, 2020
United States lawmakers urgently negotiating a $1 trillion emergency package to salvage an economy ravaged by the coronavirus missed a Republican-imposed deadline to reach an...
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