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More than six billion euros ($6.3 billion) were collected at a Ukraine donors' conference in Warsaw, says Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. SOUNDBITE
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen proposes extra aid to Ukraine this year of up to nine billion euros ($9.5 billion) to help it cope with the ravages of war. SOUNDBITE
The social security deficit will be lower than expected this year and "we expect a strong improvement in 2022" to 21.6 billion, says France's Public Accounts Minister Olivier Dussopt in Paris. IMAGES
International donors pledge $6.4 billion in aid grants for Syria and refugees in neighbouring countries, well short of a UN target of $10 billion. SOUNDBITE
Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton addressed donors at the Masonic on Nob Hill, San Francisco, via telephone on Monday after being diagnosed with pneumonia. The Democratic Party candidate was slated to attend the event but had to cancel after she nearly collapsed after abruptly leaving a 9/11 commemoration event in New York on Sunday.