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By Kelsey Johnson OTTAWA (Reuters) – Climate change will be a key element in Canada’s next federal budget, Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau said on Monday, as he kicked off public consultations on the spending bill. “That will be a central focus of our upcoming budget,” Morneau told university students during a visit to Ryerson […]
Pelosi urges stronger U.S. federal response to coronavirus
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday urged the Trump administration to do more to implement widespread testing for the coronavirus and deliver critical supplies to combat the outbreak, saying there needed to be a more coordinated response. Pelosi told MSNBC that President Donald Trump should immediately leverage the Defense […]
Australia May retail sales edge up 0.1 per cent from month earlier, lag expectations
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australian retail sales rose less than expected last month, with a snap coronavirus lockdown in the country’s second most populous state of Victoria hurting demand, preliminary data showed on Monday (June 21). Retail turnover gained 0.1 per cent in May from a month earlier after jumping 1.1 per cent in April, according […]