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New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday that the annual budget will invest to create more jobs and get the economy going, but warned the country was about to enter a "very tough winter". from Reuters: Arts https://ift.tt/2T3nEhA

Haruki Murakami, one of Japan's most acclaimed novelists, will host a radio special to try to lift the nation's spirits as a state of emergency over the novel coronavirus lingers. from Reuters: Arts https://ift.tt/2LiwLX9

Australia will ease social distancing restrictions in four-week increments, two sources told Reuters, as the country's national cabinet meets on Friday to decide which curbs to remove first amid dwindling numbers of coronavirus cases. from Reuters: Arts https://ift.tt/3doviL5

British sculptor Antony Gormley unveiled a sprawling aluminum art installation called "New York Clearing" to the public under a gray sky in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday, as part of a global public art project funded by South Korean pop band BTS. from Reuters: Arts https://ift.tt/2RXxpNT

Elon Musk's SpaceX will try again on Sunday to destroy one of its own rockets in a test of a crucial emergency abort system, a day after bad weather forced the company to delay its final milestone test before flying NASA astronauts from U.S. soil. from Reuters: Arts https://ift.tt/2R51Hhs

Indigenous weaver and fashion designer Alberto Lopez knew he wanted to be a traditional weaver early on, but there was a problem: the artisans who worked the looms in his village in the lush mountains of southern Mexico were all women. from Reuters: Arts https://ift.tt/2RkHMtL

China's Hengyi Petrochemical Co Ltd is operating its new 160,000 barrels per day refinery in Brunei at near full capacity after trial production began in July, two company officials told Reuters. from Reuters: Arts https://ift.tt/2ZPYDIU

Microsoft Corp said on Monday it has taken control of web domains which were used by a hacking group called "Thallium" to steal information. from Reuters: Arts https://ift.tt/2Qz2SUP

The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a new North American trade deal on Thursday that includes tougher labor and automotive content rules but leaves $1.2 trillion in annual U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade flows largely unchanged. from Reuters: Arts https://ift.tt/2Q1ATwR

In Hong Kong, when the tempo of traffic-light signals accelerates to about 800 ticks a minute, visually impaired residents know they can safely cross the road. But over the past six months of unrest, many streets have lost their beat. from Reuters: Arts https://ift.tt/35j4AzJ

Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri on Saturday warned regional countries of consequences if it is proven that they meddled to stoke recent unrest in Iran. from Reuters: Arts https://ift.tt/2KO4acm

Iranian Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri on Saturday warned regional countries of unspecified dire consequences if it is proven that they meddled to stoke unrest in Iran, the semi-official news agency Fars reported. from Reuters: Arts https://ift.tt/35EjTmH

Could "Friends" be getting back together, if only for a one night stand? from Reuters: Arts https://ift.tt/2Qeg3MA