When the U.S. sneezes, the world catches a cold. What happens when it has severe COVID-19?

By Howard Schneider

 

FILE PHOTO: Rental companies prepare for crowds after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions were lifted at the beginning of May, at the start of the Memorial Day weekend in Galveston, Texas, U.S. May 22, 2020. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - During a blue-sky moment in 2018 near the end of a decade-long economic expansion, it was the United States that helped pull the world along as the extra cash from tax cuts and government spending flowed through domestic and global markets.

 

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Army to Buy B1.35bn Aircraft to Replace An Old Plane

 

 

BANGKOK, July 20 (TNA) – The army will procure a new plane worth 1.35 billion baht to replace its old Beechcraft 1900yf aircraft that has been in use for over three decades and posed spare part problems.

 

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Travel Bubble Can Wait: Don

 

 

BANGKOK, May 20 (TNA) -- Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said the government could contain the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) but the Travel Bubble idea would progress on a stage-by-stage basis.

 

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Bang Tao beach broken glass warning as monsoon brings tide of trash

By Tanyaluk Sakoot

 

The slew of trash, including plastic, glass fragments, branches and damaged fishing equipment, lies all along the beach, pushed onto the sand by the current strong southwest monsoon weather. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

 

PHUKET:-- Cherng Talay Tambon Administration Organisation (OrBorTor) Chief MaAnn Samran today (July 20) warned people not to visit Bang Tao Beach amid fears people may be injured by broken glass among the slew of trash and debris that washed up onto the beach over the weekend.

 

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Kevin Costner, Diane Lane star in movie based on UND grad Larry Watson’s book

By Mary Ann Grossman

 

Kevin Costner and Diane Lane star in “Let Him Go,” a movie based on a book by author and UND graduate Larry Watson. Courtesy of Focus Features

 

ST. PAUL -- It’s a big year for Larry Watson. Besides publication of “ The Lives of Edie Pritchard,” he’s anticipating the release of “Let Him Go,” the first film to be based on one of his books.

 

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Gordon Ramsay humiliated: Marco Pierre White’s brutal assessment of TV chef exposed

By JOEL DAY

 

Gordon Ramsay: Marco Pierre White gave a frank assessment of Gordon's competitive nature (Image: Youtube)

 

GORDON RAMSAY was shunned by culinary godfather Marco Pierre White during his time as apprentice in the late Nineties with a stinging criticism, unearthed documentary footage reveals.

 

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Joker named most complained-about film of 2019 by BBFC

By Louis Chilton

 

Image: Google

 

The British Board of Film Classification has named Joker the most complained-about film of 2019.

 

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