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15:44, May 17, 2020

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  Global exchanges need to be fairer

  Much of the world has come to a standstill as countries struggle to limit the damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.It is therefore natural to see people being increasingly worried about economic globalization.While there is a need to make serious efforts to correct the excesses committed by global

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  Canada PM 'worried' about situation in Montreal

  Canadas Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Photo: AP)Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called Saturday for caution and expressed concern about loosening lockdown measures in Montreal, the epicenter of Canadas coronavirus outbreak."We need to make sure that we go progressively, and slowly and gradually on any reopening," Trudeau said, reminding reporters that he is himself a Quebecer."Of course, Im worried," Trudeau said.While several Canadian provinces, including Quebec, are preparing reopening measures and a gradual revival of their economies, Trudeau stressed prudence and said that the country is not yet out of danger."Our focus right now is on recognizing that we are not in the recovery phase yet. We are not even fully into the restarting phase yet. We are still in the emergency phase," Trudeau said."Being very careful, step by step, is going to be so important," he said.Quebec is the worst-hit province in Canada, with more than half of both the countrys 67,000 cases of coronavirus and 4,700 deaths.Montreal and its surroundings have suffered an elevated number of cases, especially at care homes for the elderly.Authorities in Quebec on Thursday delayed the reopening of Montreals schools and shops for a second time, pushing the date to May 25.Canadas elderly have paid a particularly heavy price for the disease, the countrys chief public health officer, Theresa Tam, said Saturday, calling the scale and impact "nothing short of a national tragedy."She said that 20 percent of coronavirus cases in Canada were linked to long-term care homes and that 80 percent of deaths are "in seniors in these settings.""Weve got to do better as a nation," she said, reiterating that issues with retirement homes should be addressed following the pandemic.

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  S.Korea economy expected to grow 0.2 pct in 2020: state think tank

  SEOUL, May 20 -- South Korea's state-run economic think tank on Wednesday announced a gloomy growth outlook this year due to worry about an economic fallout from the COVID-19 outbreak across the world.The Korea Development Institute (KDI) said in its first-half growth outlook report that the econom