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Spain to introduce basic income for struggling families - 05/18/2020

Madrid (dpa) - Spain's left-wing government wants to rubber-stamp a "minimum living income" for struggling households by the end of the month, Minister for Integration, Social Security and Migration...

Member's dismissal for extremist activity jars German far-right party - 05/17/2020

Berlin/Potsdam, Germany - The right-wing of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is rallying behind a state leader thrown out of the party for membership in an extremist group,...

Afghan leaders sign power-sharing deal welcomed by NATO - 05/17/2020

Kabul - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his electoral rival, Abdullah Abdullah, signed an agreement on Sunday to share power after months of political crisis. According to a draft of the agreement...

Typhoon weakens over Philippines' most populous island - 05/15/2020

Manila – A typhoon that forced thousands to flee their homes during the coronavirus outbreak in the Philippines weakened on Friday as it crossed the country’s most populous island, officials said....

14 injured as strikes on Libyan capital damage hospital - 05/14/2020

Tripoli (dpa) - At least 14 people were injured in an attack on the Libyan capital Tripoli on Thursday, which the UN-backed government blamed on rival eastern forces led by Khalifa Haftar. Army...

Israel's new coalition government releases agreed aims and intentions - 05/14/2020

Tel Aviv - Ahead of the swearing-in of Israel's long-awaited new government, the coalition on Thursday published its so-called "basic guidelines" - its aims and intentions for the coming term. In a...

Spanish test hints 5 per cent of population could have coronavirus - 05/13/2020

Madrid (dpa) - Up to 5 per cent of Spain's population - 2.3 million people - could be infected with the novel coronavirus based on the results of a new study, according to the Health Ministry. The...

EU moves to nudge open internal borders ahead of strange summer - 05/13/2020

Brussels/Berlin - By Rachel More and Ella Joyner, - Europe took the first cautious steps towards reopening its internal borders on Wednesday, after two months of pandemic lockdown measures that have...

Study: 27 million people may lose US health insurance in pandemic - 05/13/2020

Washington (dpa) - A study is warning 27 million people in the United States may be in the process of losing their health insurance because they became unemployed during the coronavirus pandemic. The...

British economy contracts by 2 per cent in Q1 as pandemic hits - 05/13/2020

London - The British economy contracted by 2 per cent in the first quarter of 2020 after plunging 5.8 per cent in March as the coronavirus crisis took hold, the Office for National Statistics (ONS)...
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