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Talks between IMF and govt positive: source 

A source at the Finance Ministry suggested Monday that the International Monetary Fund seemed receptive to the idea of working with the government after the latter completed its comprehensive economic report.

Talks between IMF and govt positive: source 

A source at the Finance Ministry suggested Monday that the International Monetary Fund seemed receptive to the idea of working with the government after the latter completed its comprehensive economic report.

Stocks fall as US/China tensions threaten rebound

European stock markets and oil prices fell Monday as a spat between top U.S. officials and China over the origin of the coronavirus fueled fears of a new trade war, derailing a rebound in global markets.

NBA facilities will begin to reopen Friday

NBA players will be allowed to return to team training facilities starting Friday, provided that their local governments do not have a stay-at-home order prohibiting such movement still in place as part of the response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Colson Whitehead wins second Pulitzer

Several of the works honored in the arts explored race in American culture, including the music winner, Anthony Davis’ opera “The Central Park Five.” It tells of the wrongful conviction of five black and Latino teenagers for the 1989 assault on a white female jogger in Central Park. Five adult singers depicted the group as boys and men in Davis’ opera

Colson Whitehead wins second Pulitzer

Several of the works honored in the arts explored race in American culture, including the music winner, Anthony Davis’ opera “The Central Park Five.” It tells of the wrongful conviction of five black and Latino teenagers for the 1989 assault on a white female jogger in Central Park. Five adult singers depicted the group as boys and men in Davis’ opera

New York theatre district faces bleak future

New York needs Broadway to be alive and well, so that tourism, hotels and restaurants do well, observed the spokesperson of a Broadway performers' association, citing a study showing that Broadway contributes nearly $15 billion to the local economy

Algerian singer Idir, a Berber icon, has died in Paris

Born in Ait Lahcene, near the Kabylie capital of Tizi Ouzou, then part of French Algeria, he studied to be a geologist, but his life took a turn in 1973 when he was called up as a last-minute replacement on the radio to sing the Berber lullaby 'A Vava Inouva.'

No workers’ celebrations this locked down May Day

Among the ten of millions of people left idle or thrown out of work by the COVID-19 crisis, garment workers have been among the hardest hit, as orders dry up and shutdowns leave factories shuttered, giving workers plenty to protest at a time when lockdowns are keeping them at home

No workers’ celebrations this locked down May Day

Among the ten of millions of people left idle or thrown out of work by the COVID-19 crisis, garment workers have been among the hardest hit, as orders dry up and shutdowns leave factories shuttered, giving workers plenty to protest at a time when lockdowns are keeping them at home

COVID-19 hands Netflix 16M subscribers

Children have even more free time than usual, which is one reason Disney’s streaming service has amassed 50 million subscribers and why Netflix is basking in another resurgence. Netflix predicted it will add 7.5 million subscribers from April through June, nearly three times more than its average springtime gain of 2.7 million subscribers during the past seven years

Venice Lagoon ecosystem flourishing with COVID-19

'Over the last 20-30 years jellyfish have increased in numbers generally. They come into the lagoon more and more frequently, particularly at certain times of year, perhaps carried by the current. Normally, there’s a lot of traffic so it’s likely many of them are often killed'