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29th Mar 2024

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WHO: US might become next virus epicentre

The US could become the new centre of the global coronavirus pandemic, according to the World Health Organisation, which said case numbers were rising quickly there even as US president Donald Trump talked of reopening the country for business, the Guardian reports. "We are now seeing a very large acceleration in cases in the US. So it does have that potential," said Margaret Harris, a WHO spokeswoman.

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Opinion

EU Modernisation Fund: an open door for fossil gas in Romania

Among the largest sources of financing for energy transition of central and eastern European countries, the €60bn Modernisation Fund remains far from the public eye. And perhaps that's one reason it is often used for financing fossil gas projects.

'Swiftly dial back' interest rates, ECB told

Italian central banker Piero Cipollone in his first monetary policy speech since joining the ECB's board in November, said that the bank should be ready to "swiftly dial back our restrictive monetary policy stance."

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