Americas
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Argentina introduces ‘millionaire’s tax’ to help pay for coronavirus
Issued on: 05/12/2020 – 11:10 Argentina’s Senate passed a tax on about 12,000 of the country’s richest people on Friday,…
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Venezuela’s Guaido risks political irrelevance as Maduro eyes poll victory
Juan Guaido, Venezuela’s opposition leader and self-proclaimed interim president, has called for a boycott of legislative elections on Sunday, a…
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A decade on, Strauss-Kahn to give his version of New York sex-assault case
Issued on: 04/12/2020 – 14:25 Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former IMF chief and presidential hopeful whose career was derailed in 2011…
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California announces regional lockdown plan as Covid-19 overwhelms hospitals
Issued on: 03/12/2020 – 23:57 The number of U.S. COVID-19 hospitalizations topped 100,000 for the first time, as California Governor…
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US Justice Department lawsuit says Facebook favoured immigrants over US workers
Issued on: 03/12/2020 – 21:59 The Trump administration on Thursday sued Facebook, accusing it of discriminating against American workers by…
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The untold story of African-American cowboys
Issued on: 03/12/2020 – 16:12 When you think of your typical American cowboy, you imagine the hat, the stirrups, the…
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Biden vows to aid workers hit by Covid-19 pandemic while Trump hints at 2024 run
Issued on: 03/12/2020 – 09:22 President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday promised a group of workers hit by the raging Covid-19…
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Officials warn of bleak winter as US Covid-19 hospitalisations reach record 100,000
Issued on: 03/12/2020 – 04:27 The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned on Wednesday the…
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US Justice Dept investigating potential White House ‘pay-for-pardon’ scheme
Issued on: 02/12/2020 – 02:43 The U.S. Justice Department is investigating a potential crime related to funneling money to the…
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‘Help is on the way,’ Biden tells coronavirus-hit Americans in unveiling economic team
President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday introduced top advisers he says will help his administration rebuild an economy hammered by the…
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