UNITED NATIONS – The head of the World Food Program says the Nobel Peace Prize has given the UN agency a spotlight and a megaphone to warn world leaders that next year is going to be worse than this year, and without billions of dollars There is a drought. “ …
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James Walton, Director of Inventory and Warehouse for Helping Harvest, transports a box of food to a car, in Reading, Pennsylvania, May 29, 2020. Ben Hasty | Reading Eagle | Getty Images A jump in jobless claims back above 1 million could be a warning that the labor market is …
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Keith Cunningham from South Carolina Walt Disney Clothing Stores at Bargain World Gift Shop near Walt Disney World, where it is undergoing a phase reopening of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease in Lake Buena Vista , Florida, July 11, 2020. Octavio Jones | Reuters Retail sales rose to a record high in …
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Seven-year-old Hamza Haqqani, a second-grader at Al-Huda Academy, uses a computer to participate in an E-learning class with his teacher and classmates while at home on May 1, 2020 in Bartlett , Illinois. Scott Olson | fake pictures Last year at this time, many Americans were taking summer vacations, before …
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