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Trump, lawmakers near agreement on COVID-19 emergency funding

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The U.S. Congress and President Donald Trump on Wednesday were coalescing around emergency legislation to battle the spreading coronavirus with as much as $9 billion in new funding that would immediately be available to stem a health crisis. Mr. Trump said the measure would appropriate about $8.5 billion — far above the $2.5 billion he […]
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Argentina imposes exchange controls to calm markets

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Argentina on Sunday imposed foreign-exchange controls on exporters as it closed out a week of financial uncertainty that saw a sharp drop in the peso. Exporters were ordered to seek permission from the Central Bank of Argentina before purchasing foreign currency, according to a decree published in the Official Bulletin. In other new measures, transferring […]
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China dissident sentenced to 12 years in prison for leaking state secrets

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Chinese dissident Huang Qi has been sentenced to 12 years in prison on the charge of leaking secrets to a foreign entity, more than two years after his arrest, a court said on Monday. A brief announcement on Monday on the website of the Mianyang Municipal People’s Intermediate Court in Huang’s native Sichuan province gave […]

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