WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden wants Congress to know he s sincere about cutting a deal on infrastructure, but the White House is also highlighting needed repairs and upgrades state-by-state
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Bangladesh enforcing weeklong lockdown amid virus surge
Bangladesh is enforcing a lockdown for a week, shutting shopping malls and transportation, to help curb the spread of coronavirus as the rate of infections and deaths have increased in recent weeks
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FILE- In this Oct. 22, 2020 file photo, people wearing masks as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus assemble to offer prayers at Dhakeshwari Temple during Durga Puja festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bangladesh is enforcing a lockdown for a week from Monday, shutting shopping malls and transportation, to help curb the spread of coronavirus as the rate of infections and deaths have increased in recent weeks. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu,File )
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In this image made from video, soldiers and police officers assist residents to cross a flooded road in Malaka Tengah, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, Monday, April 5, 2021. Multiple disasters caused by torrential rains in eastern Indonesia have left dozens of people dead and missing and displaced thousands, the country s disaster relief agency said Monday.
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People inspect buildings damaged by a flood in Dili, East Timor, Monday, April 5, 2021. Multiple disasters caused by torrential rains in eastern Indonesia and neighboring East Timor have left dozens of people dead and missing and displaced thousands.
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Indonesian scavenge usable items from the ruins of their house at a village hit by a landslide in Ile Ape Timur on Lembata Island, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, Monday, April 5, 2021. Multiple disasters caused by torrential rains in eastern Indonesia and neighboring East Timor have left a number of people dead o
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Yieldstreet Adds Its Next Third-Party Fund With The Real Estate Opportunity Fund
April 5, 2021 GMT
NEW YORK (BUSINESS WIRE) Apr 5, 2021
Yieldstreet, the alternative investing platform helping retail investors build income-generating investment portfolios, announced the launch of the Real Estate Opportunity Fund. The fund will provide investors exposure to opportunistic commercial real estate investments via a relationship with Harbor Group International (HGI), which manages $12.7B in real estate investments and has realized 333 investments with aggregate sales proceeds of $9.3B.
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COVID-19 has had a broad impact on multiple sectors of the U.S. economy, with commercial real estate arguably being hit hardest. The multi-family and industrial sectors have performed relatively well, owing to the need for housing and the increase in online shopping, respectively. The hospitality
HUALIEN COUNTY, Taiwan (AP) â A train barreled into an unmanned truck that had rolled onto the track Friday in Taiwan, leaving at least 51 people dead and dozens injured in the islandâs deadliest rail disaster. Many passengers were crushed, while some survivors were forced to climb out of windows and walk along the trainâs roof to safety.
The truckâs emergency brake was not properly engaged, according to the governmentâs disaster relief center, and the vehicle slid about 65 feet down a hillside. Minutes later, the trainâs lead car crashed into it, according to Railways Administration official Weng Hui-ping, just before the train entered a tunnel.