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US household income in March surged to a record high as spending improved, according to latest government data.
The increase is attributed to federal stimulus checks that sustained the economy during the pandemic and come as the country's economic recovery gains momentum.
From our New York bureau, here's Liling Tan with the details.
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Gift of the Givers Foundation in South Africa is liaising with government departments, to assist where it can during India’s current COVID-19 crisis. The organisation believes that along with oxygen itself, supply of oxygen delivery devices will best assist India’s efforts to reduce COVID-19 fatalities. Mark Roughton reports.
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The US Embassy in Moscow said it will eliminate non-emergency consular services for Americans in Russia from next month as well as cut most visa services for the Russian citizens. The step followed Moscow's ban for "unfriendly" countries embassies to hire staff locally which could leave nearly 75% of staff of the U.S. Mission in Russia without jobs. The move comes amid a flurry of tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions, with Washington accusing Russia of election interference. Daria Bondarchuk reports from Moscow.
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The British government has been embarrassed by claims that Boris Johnson's personal mobile phone number was freely available on the internet for the past 15 years.
The weekly gossip Popbitch newsletter revealed that the digits were tacked on to the bottom of a 2006 press release when he was an opposition MP, and that it remained online ever since.
Security officials are deeply concerned about how this could have compromised the Prime Minister and left him vulnerable to cyber threats or even blackmail.
From London, Benji Hyer reports.
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Help from all over the world is starting to arrive in India.
On Friday morning, 400 oxygen cylinder and one million COVID-19 testing kits landed in India…
At a time when the healthcare system is crashing and crematoriums filling up across the nation.
Ishan Garg tells us more.
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A pair of Sydney men, allegedly linked to a 2019 attempt to smuggle MDMA into Australia from the Netherlands, have appeared in court in Brisbane.
The arrests stemmed from a major joint international investigation that prevented an estimated 15 million ecstacy pills arriving in Australia.
Shaun Bindley reports from Brisbane.
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Hong Kong's health authorities are warning of a new COVID-19 transmission risk, after recording the city's first untraceable local case of a mutated virus strain. Hundreds of people living in the residential building where the case was discovered have been sent to government quarantine centres.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
Wall Street bounced back Thursday, on the back of strong first-quarter GDP, declining jobless claims, and blockbuster earnings from Facebook and Apple,
The three benchmark indices clocked gains as the technology sector continued its winning streak, with the S&P hitting a new record high.
Here's Liling Tan with the Wall Street wrap.
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