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Women queue for a planned distribution of food for those suffering under Kenya's coronavirus-related movement restrictions
CAMPAIGNERS and trade unions urged the government to cancel debt repayments for the world’s poorest countries today as they struggle to cope with the coronavirus crisis.
The call came at the start of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank virtual meeting today, in which world leaders are considering assistance for impoverished nations in their response to the pandemic.
Campaigners called for sweeping debt cancellation to help developing countries, demanding a write-down of over $40 billion (£31.7bn) from wealthy governments, international institutions and banks.
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The US president’s universal tariffs mirror the disastrous Smoot-Hawley Act that triggered retaliatory measures, collapsed international trade, fuelled political extremism — and led to world war, warns Dr DYLAN MURPHY
