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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte arrives for the first face-to-face EU summit since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium July 18, 2020. Olivier Matthys/Pool via REUTERS
Global Economy

Dutch welcome new ideas on EU recovery fund but deal far off

The talks on Friday were deadlocked over who should control how the money is spent, as Prime Minister Mark Rutte held out against his EU counterparts after 13 hours of negotiations at a summit in...

Small bottles labeled with "Vaccine" stickers stand near a medical syringe in front of displayed "Coronavirus Covid-19" words in this illustration taken April 10, 2020/ Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Global Covid-19 fundraising meeting raises $6.9 billion, leaders want vaccine for all

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Glitz

Salman Khan transfers fund to daily wage earners

US President Donald Trump signs the $2.2 trillion coronavirus aid package bill as White House Economic Council Chairman Larry Kudlow, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Vice President Mike Pence and Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) watch in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, US, March 27, 2020/ Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Trump signs $2 trillion recovery plan as US virus cases skyrocket

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Sports

Tendulkar digs deep for India's coronavirus fight

The United Nations headquarters building is pictured though a window with the UN logo in the foreground in the Manhattan borough of New York August 15, 2014/ Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

UN to create global coronavirus fund