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U.S. House Democrats chart next coronavirus aid bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives has begun work on a fourth coronavirus bill targeting a slew of crisis issues from short supplies of medical equipment and protective gear to enhanced worker protections, infrastructure needs and additional payments to individuals, Democratic lawmakers said on Monday.
Pelosi to discuss worker, patient safety in next coronavirus response bill on Monday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi will hold a news conference call at 3 p.m. (1900 GMT) on Monday to discuss the planned fourth coronavirus response bill, focusing on how to meet worker and patient safety needs, according to her office.
Special Report: Five days of worship that set a virus time bomb in France
PARIS (Reuters) - From the stage of an evangelical superchurch, the leader of the gospel choir kicked off an evening of prayer and preaching: "We're going to celebrate the Lord! Are you feeling the joy tonight?"
Experts warned Trump off New York-New Jersey-Connecticut lockdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Experts on the White House coronavirus task force persuaded President Donald Trump that a travel advisory was preferable to the strict quarantine he was considering for the hard-hit New York area to limit the spread of the pathogen, officials said on Sunday.
Poland's PiS change electoral rules ahead of presidential vote
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's ruling nationalists fast-tracked changes to the electoral code through parliament in the early hours of Saturday in a bid to press ahead with presidential elections in May which have been criticised by opposition parties who want the vote to be postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
No Covid-19 cases so far in three rural Ulu Sarawak districts, says assemblyman
MIRI: The rural districts of Mulu, Marudi and Telang Usan in northern Sarawak have not detected any Covid-19 infections despite being immediate neighbours of Miri, where there have been 10 cases and one death.
U.S. House will have panel overseeing coronavirus aid law expenditures - Pelosi
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday the House will set up a panel to oversee expenditures under the $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief law.
Historic US$2.2 tril coronavirus bill passes US House, becomes law
WASHINGTON: The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday approved a US$2.2 trillion (£1.77 trillion) aid package - the largest in history - to help cope with the economic downturn inflicted by the intensifying coronavirus pandemic, and President Donald Trump quickly signed it into law.
Trump congratulates Netanyahu for moving towards forming government - Israeli PM tweet
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday congratulated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for moving towards forming a government, the Israeli premier said.
Finland begins to block roads to Helsinki
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Police and the Finnish army set up roadblocks on all routes that connect Helsinki with the rest of the country, while the government rushed legislation through parliament to enforce the capital region's coronavirus blockade by midnight on Friday.