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US pledges $100M for crisis-hit Haiti
Category: Business
Duration: 00:50:08
Publish Date: 2024-03-12 02:04:00
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The US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, and leaders of the Caribbean bloc have held emergency talks in Jamaica on the state of anarchy sweeping Haiti. The United Nations-backed multinational security force will receive $100 million to help Haitian police fight gangs and the US will give $33 million in humanitarian aid.

Also, in the programme, Devina Gupta finds out what's happening with the Chinese economy and why US president Joe Biden is proposing to raise taxes.

(Picture: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Jamaica. Picture credit: Reuters)
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