Systemic racism slows economic growth: Dallas Fed chief Kaplan

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FILE PHOTO: Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan. WASHINGTON: Systemic racism and high unemployment levels among black and Hispanic Americans create a drag...

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Explosion hits Honda’s plant in central Japan, two workers hospitalised

June 14, 2020June 15, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2622" align="alignnone" width="872"] Honda's logo on its Modulo model is pictured at its showroom at its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, February 19, 2019. [/caption]...

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Britain urgently reviewing distancing rules, could ease COVID-19 quarantine

June 14, 2020June 14, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2573" align="alignnone" width="822"] FILE PHOTO: Britain's Chancellor Rishi Sunak chairs the daily COVID-19 briefing at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain May 29, 2020....

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Police chief in Atlanta resigns after officer fatally shot African American man

June 14, 2020June 14, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2568" align="alignnone" width="845"] "RIP Rayshard" is spray painted on a sign as as flames engulf a Wendy's restaurant during protests on Saturday, Jun 13,...

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Greece is ‘ready to welcome tourists’, says prime minister

June 14, 2020June 15, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2628" align="alignnone" width="808"] Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis used the island of Santorini to announce that Greece is 'ready' to welcome tourists. [/caption] FIRA:...

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Australia’s largest states to further ease COVID-19 curbs

June 14, 2020June 14, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2579" align="alignnone" width="877"] Regional travel re-opens as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions are eased in the state of New South Wales. [/caption] SYDNEY: Australia's...

Healthcare News

Mexico reports 3,494 new COVID-19 cases as tourists return to beaches

June 13, 2020June 14, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2576" align="alignnone" width="779"] File photo of a man with COVID-19 in an ambulance, in Monterrey, Mexico on Jun 12, 2020. [/caption] MEXICO CITY: Mexico's...

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News Sports

Banning athletes who kneel is breach of human rights: Global Athlete

June 13, 2020June 15, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2674" align="alignnone" width="793"] People kneel as they hold banners in Hyde Park, London, during a "Black Lives Matter" protest following the death of George...

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Trump addresses West Point grads but largely ducks controversies

June 13, 2020June 14, 2020

Graduation Day at the US Military Academy at West Point in 2019. WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Saturday (Jun 13) addressed the new graduating...

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Football: New sub rule favours big clubs, says Blades defender Basham

June 13, 2020June 15, 2020

[caption id="attachment_2665" align="alignnone" width="744"] Sheffield United defender Chris Basham (right). [/caption] LONDON: Sheffield United defender Chris Basham fears the introduction of the five substitutes rule...