WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s party beat her rivals in the latest opinion poll, setting the charismatic 40-year-old leader on the way to a comfortable victory in the September election. FILE PHOTO: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern during a press conference leading up to the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top aides to United States President Donald Trump said Sunday they agreed in principle with the Senate Republicans on a $ 1 trillion coronavirus relief package, the party’s opening offer in negotiations with Democrats less than a week before the biggest unemployment benefits expire. White House chief …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Hundreds of Thai protesters sang a jingle of Japanese cartoons on Sunday with taunts mocking the government as hungry hamsters feast on taxpayer money, part of a new youth protest movement that they say are using whimsical tactics for serious purposes. Thai youth have been challenging the …
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BEIRUT (Reuters) – The deputy head of Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah movement on Sunday rejected the possibility of an escalation of violence between the Iran-backed movement and Israel despite mounting tensions in the past week. FILE PHOTO: A man rides a motorcycle alongside a photo of Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s top advisers on Sunday raised the possibility of Congress passing the gradual coronavirus relief legislation, an approach Democrats oppose, with a deadline approaching the expiration of improved unemployment benefits. A day before Senate Republicans introduced a $ 1 trillion coronavirus relief bill that includes …
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