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Nurses hold a picket line outside St Thomas' Hospital in London, as part of the UK's biggest round of health service strikes, stepping up their demands for better pay to combat Britain's cost of living crisis. As well as nurses, thousands of ambulance workers represented by the GMB and Unite unions are also going on strike. IMAGES
Tokyo, Jul 28 (EFE/EPA).- Tokyo, where thousands of athletes are participating in the 2020 Olympic Games, saw its biggest single-day increase in coronavirus infections on Wednesday with 3,117 new cases.The previous highest mark was set on Tuesday, with 2,848 cases registered in the Japanese capital, which is currently in a state of emergency due to a new wave of infections fuelled by the highly contagious Delta variant. (Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GATHER AROUND THE OLYMPIC FLAME IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Madrid, Mar 22 (EFECOM), (Camera: EFE).- The Spanish stock market fell 1.76% Monday, the biggest drop in two months, approaching 8,300 points. FOOTAGE OF MADRID STOCK EXCHANGE
Buenos Aires, Mar 15 (EFE).- Argentina's Minister of Productive Development, Matías Kulfas, said on Monday that there is a "positive scenario" for industrial recovery in the country for 2021.According to the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec), the industrial activity of Argentina registered a year-on-year growth of 4.4 percent in January, which confirms the positive trend that has been observed since November in the sector. (Camera: ALBERTO CARATOZZOLO).SHOT LIST: WORKERS OF THE TOYOTA COMPANY DURING THEIR WORKING HOURS AT THE PLANT IN THE CITY OF ZARATE, IN THE PROVINCE OF BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA.
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 11 (EFE/EPA).- Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 5.6 percent in 2020, its worst contraction since the 1998 crisis when it had fallen by 7.4 percent, due to the economic downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the country's statistics bureau said Thursday.The construction sector plummeted by 19.4 percent while net exports fell sharply by 12.3 percent and the services sector decreased by 5.5 percent with respect to 2019, the Malaysian department of statistics said in a statement. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF THE TOP GLOVE FACTORY OUTSIDE KUALA LUMPUR AND FACE MASK MANUFACTURER IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA.