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Landmark $1.9 trillion US stimulus package nears final congressional approval

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The Biden administration's landmark $1.9 trillion Covid-19 rescue package is set for its second passage in the House of Representatives before going to the president's desk to be signed. Also in this edition: the EU wants to jumpstart European microchip production and Greenpeace activists accuse the European Central bank of favouring polluters.

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