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US economy sees sharpest contraction in decades

The US economy shrank by 10 per cent in the second quarter. It was the sharpest decline since the government began keeping records in 1947. Also, England had the most excess deaths in Europe in the months until the middle of June, and snooker brings back spectators indoors.

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