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Washington, May 7 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Jim Lo Scalzo) A group of environmentalists in Washington protested on Friday in front of a Wells Fargo Bank branch over their "financing" of the Line 3 oil pipeline.The Keystone XL pipeline - banned by former President Barack Obama in 2015 after a lengthy review of its environmental impact, finally followed by a presidential veto after approval by Congress - aims to transport some 830,000 barrels a day of oil from Canada's Alberta to different locations in the US, including Texas refineries.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN WASHINGTON
Marikina City, Dec 8 (EFE/EPA).- The World Bank has projected the Philippine economy to shrink by 8.1 percent in 2020 due to effects of COVID-19 quarantine measures, devastating typhoons in November, and the global recession. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA).B-ROLL OF A PUBLIC MARKET IN MARIKINA CITY, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES.
Business Insider reports Norwegian deputy central bank governor Jon Nicolaisen resigned on Friday. Nicolaisen was in charge of Norway's $1.2 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the biggest in the world. He stepped down after Norway's security service rejected his security clearance because his wife is Chinese and lives in China. The pair have been married for ten years, but Norway has become stricter on ties to China and Russia in recent years. Norway's intelligence service says the two countries are trying to find out information about Norway's petroleum industry.
The World Bank has lowered its global growth forecast for 2015 and next year due to disappointing economic prospects in the euro zone, Japan and some major emerging economies. Ciara Lee asks what's going wrong when low oil prices should be boosting the economy.
Israeli army vehicles fire tear gas they enter the occupied West Bank city of Beitunia, near the Ofer prison, ahead of the planned release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Hamas hostages. IMAGES
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