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Australia will spend A$1.2 billion ($920 million) to expand its wage subsidy scheme for apprentices, Prime Minister Scott Morrison will say on Tuesday, the first step in a plan to wean the economy off a wider wage subsidy scheme.

Lebanon's president told the army and security forces on Monday to clear roadblocks after a week of protests over a collapsing economy and paralysed government, but the army chief warned that troops should not get sucked into the political deadlock.

U.S. Senate Democrats have reached a deal on jobless assistance, a sticking point for the coronavirus relief bill under consideration in the chamber, and will offer an amendment to extend the assistance through Sept. 6 at $300 per week, an aide said on Friday.

6 Min Read MADRID (Reuters) - Thousands of kilometres (miles) away from his native Venezuela, 48-year-old Nestor Perez died last month on the streets of Madrid when he was hit by a garbage truck while delivering a food order for Deliveroo. Delivery rider Manzurul Hoque from Bangladesh gestures during an interview at Universitat square in Barcelona, Spain, February 26, 2021. REUTERS/Albert Gea Such tragedies have cast a spotlight on the precarious conditions of often immigrant workers in Spain�...

A U.S. agency investigating Facebook Inc for racial bias in hiring and promotions has designated the probe as "systemic," attorneys for three job applicants and a manager who claim the company discriminated against them told Reuters on Friday.

The U.S. Senate on Saturday approved a Republican measure setting federal unemployment benefits for those made jobless by the coronavirus pandemic at $300 per week through July 18, as part of President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats have reached a deal on jobless assistance, a sticking point for the coronavirus relief bill under consideration in the chamber, and will offer an amendment to extend the assistance through Sept. 6 at $300 per week, an aide said on Friday. (Reporting by Makini Brice and David Morgan; Editing by Daniel Wallis)

The U.S. Senate on Saturday approved a Democratic compromise measure setting federal unemployment benefits for workers hit by the coronavirus pandemic at $300 per week through Sept. 6, under President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.

The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to take up President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill, but put off the start of a contentious debate until the full text of the 628-page bill was read aloud.

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read FILE PHOTO: U.S. National Economic Council Director Brian Deese addresses reporters at the top of the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 22, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has a long way to go in its jobs recovery, which is showing persistent unevenness, a top economic adviser to President Joe Biden told CNBC on Friday, after a mostly positive employment report was released and as the Senate took...