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Big leap in US unemployment numbers
The Federal Reserve is to unleash an additional $2.3tn in lending
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits has surged for a third week as the economic toll tied to the coronavirus pandemic intensifies. Also: the World Bank says sub-Saharan Africa will go into recession for the first time in a quarter of a century, and three astronauts escape the pandemic by going into space.
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