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The second round of stimulus checks from the US government are going out this week. Business Insider reports the checks will pay up to $600 each, or $1,200 per married couple, plus additional funds for children. According to Congress's bill authorizing the payments, most of the direct cash payments will be sent to qualifying Americans by January 15. To track your payment, visit the 'Get My Payment' section of the IRS website at www.irs.gov/coronavirus/get-my-payment Direct deposits and paper checks are arriving this week.
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.
US President Donald Trump urges Congress to pass tax relief measures as the economy reels from the coronavirus outbreak that has shuttered businesses and sent Wall Street plunging. SOUNDBITE
Denpasar / Jakarta, Jul 1 (EFE/EPA).- Indonesia's president on Thursday announced a series of emergency measures, to be in effect between July 3 and 21, to contain a Covid-19 outbreak linked to the Delta variant in the country."The government will mobilize all available resources to contain the spread of Covid-19," Joko Widodo said in a video message, in which he also announced more beds in hospitals and quarantine centers for the infected, as well as the availability of oxygen tanks.The measures are mainly focused on the islands of Java, where more than 50 percent of the country's 270 million inhabitants live, and Bali, a popular tourist destination. (Camera: MADE NAGI / MAST IRHAM).B-ROLL OF BALI, INDONESIA AND A FUNERAL OF COVID-19 VICTIMS AT ROROTAN CEMETERY, JAKARTA, INDONESIA.
Bangkok, Jun 29 (EFE/EPA).- Night-time entertainment workers, including massage parlors, spa, bar and karaoke workers, held a rally on Tuesday to call for COVID-19 relief measures after the government ordered the closure of all entertainment venues.Without any aid, Thai government reimposed COVID-19 restrictions, including a ban on dine-in services at restaurants, a shutdown of all construction sites, quarantine of construction workers dormitories and prohibiting workers from leaving the capital of Bangkok and several provinces for 30 days as a prevention measure to contain the new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Thai government has been widely accused by the public and opposition of failing in several aspects of its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.Thailand is facing a new wave of COVID-19 and the outbreak shows no sign of slowing down. (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK).SHOT LIST: ENTERTAINMENT WORKERS PARTICIPATE IN A RALLY CALLING FOR COVID-19 RELIEF MEASURES, OUTSIDE THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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