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UK telecoms company Openreach to create 2,500 jobs

Work on connecting households and offices to faster and more reliable broadband will see supply chains create a further 2,800 jobs, it added.

Published 18 Dec, 2020 05:13pm

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Authorities also reported 611 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the official death toll to 49,762.

Published 18 Dec, 2020 03:33pm

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The ILO said in a report that Latin America and the Caribbean would end this year with an estimated 30.1 million people unemployed.

Published 17 Dec, 2020 08:47pm

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The steep increase in infections comes just days after a tough, five-week lockdown was imposed in the Netherlands.

Published 17 Dec, 2020 07:53pm

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If adopted, the proposal would "ban export restrictions on these foodstuffs which hinder the World Food Programme's ability to procure (food products for) the populations most in need across the world."

Published 16 Dec, 2020 05:09pm

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"These aren't jokes. Unemployment is rising, wages are falling, basic goods are becoming more expensive by magnitudes," President Vladimir Putin said during a cabinet meeting last week.

Published 16 Dec, 2020 05:00pm

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Late last year, the kingdom projected a budget deficit of $50 billion for 2020, up $15 billion on 2019.

Published 16 Dec, 2020 01:13am

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The number of redundancies reached a record high of 370,000 in the August-to-October period, although it decreased in October alone, the Office for National Statistics said.

Published 15 Dec, 2020 05:11pm

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Since the start of the pandemic, the United Kingdom has recorded 1.870 million cases of COVID-19 and 64,402 deaths from the virus.

Published 15 Dec, 2020 04:14pm

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A $908 billion bipartisan COVID-19 relief plan set to be introduced in the U.S. Congress as early as Monday will be split into two packages in a bid to win approval.
One of the sponsors of the $908 billion plan, Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, said earlier on Sunday it would be introduced formally on Monday.

Published 14 Dec, 2020 03:41pm

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UN study suggests that the phenomenon can only be avoided by taking timely measures like investing in public health, social and safety net programmes and green transition

Published 04 Dec, 2020 11:04am

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The term had the most online dictionary lookups of any word, Merriam-Webster said on its website

Published 01 Dec, 2020 11:13am