US employment plunges in March amid worsening coronavirus damage
The total unemployment rate rose from a 50-year low of 3.5 per cent to its highest level since August 2017.
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In spite of soccer cheer, unrest continues to rile Iraq
Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric, who intervenes in politics only at times of crisis, openly backed the protests in his Friday sermon and said he doubted the elites would deliver reform.
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