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Maryland (USA), Apr 16 (EFE / EPA) .- More than 5.2 million people applied for unemployment benefits last week, bringing to 22 million the number of those who have started in the US the process in four weeks, as reported by the Labor Department on Thursday.(CAMERA: Edwin Ramírez)
Florida (USA), April 7 (EFE / EPA) .- Hundreds of people went to the Kennedy library in Hialeah, Florida, to withdraw the printed application for 'Unemployment Insurance Benefits.'(CAMERA: Cristóbal Herrera)
President Donald Trump faces a ticking clock with respect to the current proposed COVID-19 relief package. Trump has suggested he may reject the $900 billion package that Congress approved earlier this week unless lawmakers include $2,000 stimulus payments. Business Insider reports Trump could cost jobless workers a week of $300 federal unemployment benefits if he fails to sign the bill by midnight Saturday. Business Insider reports nearly 14 million Americans may lose all their unemployment aid this weekend if the bill doesn't pass. Labor experts say a two-to-three week gap in unemployment benefits is inevitable, as states need to recalibrate their computer systems to send the payments.
At a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya, the head of the UN's refugee agency Filippo Grandi says, "Today we pass the mark of half a million refugees from Sudan, following the beginning of the conflict." He also says that the number of people now internally displaced in the conflict torn nation is now at two million. SOUNDBITE
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