BEIJING -- China's surveyed unemployment rate in urban areas stood at 5.6 percent in August, 0.1 percentage points lower than that of July, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Tuesday.

A total of 7.81 million new urban jobs were created in the first eight months of the year, down 2.03 million from the same period last year, said the NBS. (China-Job market-Unemployment rate)

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SYDNEY -- Slashing pandemic-boosted welfare payments could see the economy lose 31.3 billion Australian dollars (22.95 billion U.S. dollars) and 145,000 jobs over the next two years, a new analysis by Deloitte Access Economics found.

JobSeeker unemployment benefits have been doubled since March to combat the effect of COVID-19. (Australia-COVID-19-Job Keeper)

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LOS ANGELES -- Video-sharing social networking company TikTok said on Monday that it had submitted a proposal to the U.S. administration to resolve its "security concerns."

"We can confirm that we've submitted a proposal to the Treasury Department which we believe would resolve the Administration's security concerns," the Los Angeles-based company said in a short statement, adding this step would help to continue the company's operation in the future. (US-TikTok 3rd LD WRITETHRU)

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CANBERRA -- Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has identified gas as one of the pillars of energy plan for the nation's economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.

In a major pre-budget speech on Tuesday, Morrison announced that his government would support a new gas-fired power plant in New South Wales. (Canberra-Australia-Energy)

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House of Representative could vote on a stopgap funding bill next week to avoid a potential government shutdown when the new fiscal year begins on Oct. 1, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said on Monday.

"I want to put it on the floor next week," Hoyer said in an interview with CQ Roll Call. "I want to give the Senate at least a week to pass it. I want to make sure government doesn't shut down." (US-House-Funding Bill) Enditem

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