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Images from the Uruguayan Interior Ministry showing drug enforcement officers searching a suitcase in the Carrasco International Airport after 6.5 kg of cocaine was seized from the luggage of a passenger travelling to Madrid. IMAGES
A Taiwanese Tuo Chiang missile corvette sails out of the island's Suao Naval Base during a third day of China's military drills. China said fighter jets carrying "live ammunition" had conducted "simulated strikes" near Taiwan on Monday, while the US said its guided-missile destroyer sailed through waters claimed by Beijing in a "freedom of navigation" operation. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden unveils a target backed by the Detroit automakers for half of all cars sold in the United States by 2030 to be zero-emission vehicles, before signing an executive order to that effect. SOUNDBITE
Optimism that new vaccines will bring the pandemic under control and allow economic activity to resume coupled with stimulus in major economies has boosted the growth forecast this year to 5.5 percent, the IMF says in its latest World Economic Outlook. SOUNDBITE
The International Monetary Fund trimmed the global GDP forecast for 2021 to 5.2 percent, IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath says in the latest World Economic Outlook. SOUNDBITE