The Government's submission to the European Commission was discussed at a Cabinet Committee meeting this evening. The Committee for Economic Recovery was chaired by Tánaiste Leo Varadkar.

The request for funding will likely focus on investments that would be made in green and digital sectors of the economy. There would also be an emphasis on social and economic recovery. "Priority will be given to projects that create jobs, drive balanced regional development and can be completed in less than five years," a spokesperson for the Tánaiste said.

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Grammys Producer on Reimagining Music's Biggest Stage Amid Pandemic Protocols: "We Are Going for It"

The Late Late Show exec producer Ben Winston, equally magnetic ason-camera counterpart and pal James Corden, picked one hell of a year to run his first Grammys. Taking over for longtime maestroKen Ehrlich, who retired from the show with the 2020 telecast, Winston has had to navigate a seven-week delay and the challenge of safely putting 23 acts in one room, albeit a big one, at the L.A.

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Silence emerges as a way to boost health

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South African official pledges to fund university students

JOHANNESBURG – In an effort to quell violent protests at universities, South Africa's education minister has vowed to make more money available to enable thousands of students to register for the 2021 academic year.

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Job openings rise, layoffs fall as pandemic economy mends

WASHINGTON – Companies posted more open jobs in January while layoffs decreased as the economy heals slowly from the pandemic.

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US jobless claims fall to 712,000 as pace of layoffs eases

WASHINGTON – The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 712,000, the lowest total since early November, evidence that fewer employers are cutting jobs amid a decline in confirmed coronavirus cases and signs of an improving economy.

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Who has the best Grammy-winning album? Vote in our bracket

The 2021 Grammys are on this year, and while it’s exciting for all the award-winners, nothing is more exciting than seeing who takes home Album of the Year.

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Acceleration in delivering COVID-19 vaccine achieved with private sector: Govt

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Layoffs ease as unemployment claims drop to 712,000

WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 712,000, the lowest total since early November, evidence that fewer employers are cutting jobs amid a decline in confirmed coronavirus cases and signs of an improving economy.The Labor Department said Thursday that applications for unemployment aid dropped by 42,000 from 754,000 the week before. Though the job market has been slowly strengthening, many businesses remain under pressure, and 9.6 million jobs remain lost to the pandemic that flattened the economy 12 months ago.In February, U.S.

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Gig economy shifts: Spain delivery riders are now employees

MADRID – The Spanish government on Thursday announced legislation that classifies food delivery riders as employees of the digital platforms they work for, not self-employed, in a legal change that could have far-reaching consequences for Spanish businesses.

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Police: Man, 21, found shot and killed inside crashed car in Stenton

STENTON - Philadelphia police are investigating after a young man was found shot and killed inside a crashed car that was peppered by gunfire early Thursday morning in Stenton. Officers were called to the 1000 block of Easton Road around 12:30 a.m. for reports of a shooting.

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Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill wins final approval in House

COVID-19 relief bill that gives President Joe Biden his first major victory in office.The measure provides $400 billion for $1,400 direct payments to most Americans, $350 billion in aid to state and local governments, an expansion of the child tax credit and increased funding for vaccine distribution. Forecasters expect it to supercharge the US economic recovery."Help is here," Biden wrote in a tweet after the vote.

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Australia seeks to boost tourism with cheap flights

Almost one million Australians will be able to enjoy half-price flights to domestic holiday destinations, under a government plan announced to boost tourism as Covid border closures keep international travellers out.

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Dr Hilary Jones seeks solace in new project away from ITV Covid updates ‘It was a release’

Express.co.uk: “ITV and I have worked together for 32 years and it’s been a blast.“We’ve covered some fantastic campaigns, like the Help Us, Help You one, and other cancer campaigns, heart campaigns, spotting the early signs of meningitis, cot death.“And we’ve had many letters as a TV station saying, ‘Thank you for making us aware of the symptoms of prostate disease or breast cancer, you’re instrumental in saving a life.’ “So that’s been great, and I’ll continue with ITV for as long as it’s fascinating and interesting and fun. “And I’ve got a lovely project that I’m looking forward to in addition, which is my first novel coming up in September with Welbeck Publishing.”He added: “It’s called Frontline and it charts the rises of a prominent

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Asian shares advance as yields, inflation fears moderate

Stocks climbed in Asia on Thursday after a key measure of inflation in the U.S. came in lower than expected, easing worries that price pressures could push interest rates higher.

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Auditor general says Quebec will spend at least $21 billion on pandemic by 2023

What you need to know as COVID-19 vaccination registration now available to Quebecers aged 70 and upLeclerc says the province has set aside $2 billion in subsidies to help companies survive the pandemic and another $3 billion in loans, while she says the state also advanced $3 billion worth of infrastructure projects to stimulate the economy during the health crisis.Meanwhile, Quebec reported its first confirmed COVID-19 case involving a more contagious variant first detected in Brazil, known as P.1.Authorities reported a total of 80 new variant cases confirmed through sequencing, including one in Montreal of the P.1 mutation. Quebec has reported a total of 335 confirmed variant cases.

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More states on board, senators introduce bill (again) to make daylight saving time year round

ORLANDO, Fla. – Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, of Florida, is trying again to make daylight saving time permanent across the country after reintroducing the Sunshine Protection Act.

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Kerry wants world's biggest polluters to pledge real change

PARIS – U.S. special envoy for climate John Kerry on Wednesday called on the world’s biggest polluters to make “key decisions” in the coming months that would rein in climate change.

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The vain hunt for a painless way out of our current covid bubble

The US economy’s K-shaped recovery is underway. Those with stable full-time jobs, benefits, and a financial cushion are faring well as stock markets climb to new highs.

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Amber Alert for 7-year-old Ontario girl cancelled after she was found safe

Ontario Provincial Police have cancelled an Amber Alert for a seven-year-old girl who was last seen in Bayfield, Ont., just south of Goderich on the shore of Lake Huron, after she was found safe.In the initial alert, police said the girl was missing since approximately 6 a.m. on Wednesday.

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Why the pandemic left long-term scars on global job market

Esther Montanez's housecleaning job at the Hilton Back Bay in Boston was a lifeline for her, a 31-year-old single mother with a 5-year-old son.

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Number of young people seeking help from mental health charity trebled due to Covid stress

Sam* was a very troubled 23-year-old university graduate when she turned to the unique health and wellbeing charity Body & Soul for help.“Sam was in a dark place when she came to us in 2018,” recalls Kelsey Hylland, leader of the National Lottery-supported charity’s group therapy for young people aged 16 to 30 who have attempted suicide.“She had struggled with mental health problems throughout her university career. She was self-harming, had attempted suicide and had got to the point where she found it difficult to find the motivation to get out of bed.

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Consumer prices up 0.4% last month, biggest gain in 6 months

WASHINGTON – U.S. consumer prices increased 0.4% in February, the biggest increase in six months, led by a sharp jump in gasoline prices.

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Record Rundown: Everything you need to know this lunchtime from ongoing investigation into body find to Covid committee updates

See more. A further 20 more Scots have tragically died of coronavirus in the last 24 hours.The latest figures were announced by Nicola Sturgeon during this morning's coronavirus committee meeting in Parliament.Read more. A dad who paid £1000 for a puppy watched in horror as it died in his arms just over six hours after he bought it.And heartbroken Richard Gray believes he and the tragic Border Collie called Bear were the victims of callous puppy farmers.Full story.The SNP's chief whip at Westminster has stood down after being named as one of two nationalist MPs at the centre of a sexual harassment storm.Glasgow North MP Patrick Grady has resigned his whip's position while the complaint is investigated.See more. A man has been arrested for

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Bank of Canada to make interest rate announcement as COVID-19 lingers

Bank of Canada will provide a window into its thinking on the economy as it makes an announcement about its trendsetting rate.The key policy rate has been at 0.25 per cent almost exactly one year after the central bank cut rates three times last March at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing it to the lowest it can go.

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Kent variant of coronavirus could be 'twice as deadly' as previous strains, researchers find

direct to your inbox The Kent variant of Covid-19 may be up to twice as deadly as previous strains of coronavirus, new research suggests.

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Iraq pilgrims defy virus protocols as case numbers rise

BAGHDAD – Thousands of pilgrims clad in black walked the streets of Baghdad on Wednesday, part of a weeklong procession to a revered shrine, bypassing barbed wire set up by security forces and spurring fears of another wave of coronavirus on the heels of the papal visit.

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Centre creates special fund for health spending

health schemes run by the Centre, including those meant for giving free healthcare access to 500 million people, under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, and for correcting regional imbalances in providing tertiary healthcare under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana.Also Read | The churn is on at the Kota factoryThe fund will also be used for emergency and disaster preparedness and for any future scheme designed to improve health outcomes.The government had in the union budget for FY19 expanded the 3% education cess levied on personal and corporation tax to a 4% ‘health and education cess’.

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145 new Covid cases found during Manchester surge testing

direct to your inboxMore than 140 cases of Covid-19 have been found as part of localised mass testing in Manchester - though none involve a ‘variant of concern’ found in parts of the city so far.Testing programmes in the north and south of the city have been successful in the ongoing efforts to prevent people unknowingly spreading the virus.But public health officials are ‘frustrated’ with the speed at which positive tests are being analysed by laboratories to see if they matched the E484k mutation.E484K is related to the highly infectious Kent strain which has spread rapidly across the UK in recent months - including in Manchester.Around 7,700 people were tested in February and early March when the variant was initially identified in Moss

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Asian stocks follow Wall Street higher after tech rally

BEIJING – Asian stock prices followed Wall Street higher on Wednesday following a rally for major tech companies.

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Only private doctors on Covid duty covered by govt insurance: High Court

MUMBAI : The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused relief to the widow of a private doctor who died of coronavirus, citing that the ₹50 lakh insurance cover under a Central scheme included only those private medical practitioners who were drafted for COVID-19 duties.A division bench of Justices S J Kathawalla and R I Chagla dismissed a petition filed by Navi Mumbai resident Kiran Surgade seeking ₹50 lakh cover under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) for her husband who died after contracting COVID-19 from a patient at his clinic.According to the plea, the petitioner's husband Bhaskar Surgade, an Ayurveda doctor, got a notice from the commissioner of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC), asking him to keep his dispensary

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Covid vaccination: Beneficiaries prefer prior registration over walk-in appointments, says govt

coronavirus vaccination across states and Union Territories (UTs), Dr PK Misra, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level review meeting on Tuesday by video conferencing.According to an official release, eligible beneficiaries preferred registration for Covid-19 vaccination over 'walk-in' mode."Encouraging registration – for vaccination over 'Walk-in' mode, to facilitate the entire process by making it more convenient for the citizen, as well as giving authorities a forward view of expected demand to plan accordingly and avoid over-crowding," it added.Apart from registering on the CoWin app, authorities have said that they have kept slots open for citizens in the specific age groups who register themselves

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First case of Brazilian COVID-19 variant found in B.C.

Keith Baldrey reports on how the Brazilian variant of COVID-19 has been found in B.C.

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Pandemic leaves Canadians either seeking help or with extra cash

Not every Canadian was dealt a fair financial hand in this pandemic. Some saved up more money than usual, while many others were desperate for financial aid. Mike Drolet looks at COVID-19’s uneven economic impact.

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Covid rescue plan expected to pass US Congress Wednesday

'Remarkable, historic'"It's a remarkable, historic, transformative piece of legislation which goes a very long way to crushing the virus and solving our economic crisis," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters."It is so exciting as you know because of what it does: vaccines in the arms of the American people, money in their pockets, children safely in schools, workers safely back to work."The bill funds Covid vaccine distribution and research, pours billions into state and local governments, continues eviction and foreclosure moratoriums, increases food aid and the child tax credit, and sets aside $130 billion for schools.Progressive Democrats had pushed for higher supplemental unemployment benefits of $400, but after a last-minute

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Autopsy of man found in Lake Monroe leads to homicide investigation

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A man found dead in Lake Monroe on Jan. 17 is now being investigated as a homicide case, according to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office.

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Report: Economy rebound hinges on race between vaccines, variants

International economic projections have improved over the past months, but faster and more effective vaccine deployment is critical for getting key sectors back to prepandemic levels, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said in its latest update.

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Patti Smith returns to singing live with Brooklyn concert

NEW YORK – Patti Smith performed a mini-concert at the Brooklyn Museum on Tuesday to honor photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and add her voice to a series of pop-up events that represent New York City's first baby steps toward the return of live indoor performances.

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With more states on board senators introduce bill (again) to make daylight saving time year round

ORLANDO, Fla. – Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, of Florida, is trying again to make daylight saving time permanent across the country after reintroducing the Sunshine Protection Act.

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Dolly Parton, 75, receives Moderna COVID-19 vaccine after pledging $1M to help fund trials

Dolly Parton announced on Tuesday that she has received her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, which was developed with help from her $1million donation early last year.The 75-year-old country music icon posted a picture of herself getting the injection, with a caption that read, 'Dolly gets a dose of her own medicine', singing 'vaccine, vaccine' to the tune of her hit 'Jolene' beforehand.She received the shot from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the research center which received the million-dollar donation from the '9 to 5' singer last April, as she called on 'all of you cowards out there' to book an appointment for a jab.Parton learned that her money was used to develop the shot in November when she was listedas one of

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Nicola Sturgeon announces new case of mutant Brazil strain of Covid found in Scotland

coronavirus strain in Scotland. The person travelled from Rio de Janeiro to Edinburgh via Paris on February 19 and has tested positive for covid-19 with with initial lab findings suggesting it may be the Brazil variant.

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Here’s where Florida ranks in U.S. News & World Report Best States list

Living in Florida can be great, and U.S. News & World Report seems to think so as well.

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How the COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping Canada’s economy

The true financial impact of COVID-19 will take years, if not decades, to ascertain. Restaurant owners are still struggling, as are airlines and the travel industry.

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Missing New Jersey man found buried in snow outside home

WYCKOFF, N.J. - The body of a New Jersey man who went missing during last month's major snowstorm has been found buried in snow outside his parents' home, police said.Andrew Fraioli, 40, left his parents' home in Wyckoff on Feb. 1 as a storm dumped over 30 inches of snow on parts of the state, police said.

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Israel reopens bars, restaurants and other parts of economy to those fully vaccinated against COVID-19

JERUSALEM - After fully vaccinating nearly 40% of its population, Israel reopened much of its economy this week, including bars and restaurants, event halls and sporting events, with many places only open to the inoculated.The country has been using a "Green Pass" program, which is granted to those who have been vaccinated for coronavirus, or people who recovered from COVID-19. It gives holders access to gyms and studios, restaurants and cafes, hotels, sporting venues, theaters and other attractions, and can be shown via an app, according to the government’s website.Many of these public establishments had been closed to the public for months and were permitted to reopen as of Sunday.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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