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IMF approves $24bn flexible credit line for Chile
May 31, 2020The approval had been expected since IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva backed the plan earlier this month due to Chile's "very strong fundamentals" and...
Civil unrest flares in US cities over Minneapolis killing
May 31, 2020Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said the deployment was needed because outsiders were using the demonstrations over the death of George Floyd to spread chaos. ...
Trump says he may order military to stop anti-police protests
May 31, 2020Liberal Governors and Mayors must get MUCH tougher or the Federal Government will step in and do what has to be done. WASHINGTON: US President...
US CDC reports total of 1,737,950 coronavirus cases, 102,785 deaths
May 31, 2020The number of deaths had risen by 1,074 to 102,785. The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19,...
NASA resumes human spaceflight from US soil with historic SpaceX launch
May 31, 2020Launching Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken on a 19-hour ride aboard the company's newly designed Crew Dragon capsule bound. CAPE CANAVERAL: SpaceX, the private rocket...
Merkel a ‘no’ for Trump’s in-person G7 summit
May 30, 2020"As of today, considering the overall pandemic situation, she cannot agree to her personal participation, to a journey to Washington," the spokesman said, confirming...
US officer charged with murder over unarmed black man’s death
May 30, 2020“This case is now ready, and we have charged it,” said county prosecutor Mike Freeman amid outrage over the latest death of an African...
Biden calls for justice for George Floyd
May 30, 2020"The very soul of America is at stake," the former vice president said in remarks broadcast online from his Delaware home. "We're a country...
Taylor Swift says Trump ‘stoking fires of white supremacy’
May 30, 2020After stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism your entire presidency, you have the nerve to feign moral superiority before threatening violence? Twitter...
Trump says US ‘terminating’ relationship with WHO
May 30, 2020Trump had already suspended funding to the UN agency, accusing it of being a "puppet" of China as the global health crisis erupted. Because...