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| - We will move the following business and economics stories: + UK delivers post-Brexit budget under virus cloud + Tech lifestyles enable 'safe escape' from coronavirus + Lego's colourful plastic bricks to go green + Bill targeting online child abuse puts encryption in crosshairs + Women's bank helps Ivorian children swap labour for class + Lebanon says to default on eurobonds as financial crisis intensifies Britain-economy-budget-politics,ADVANCER LONDON Britain unveils its first post-Brexit budget on Wednesday and analysts expect Prime Minister Boris Johnson to press ahead with major spending on infrastructure, despite the economic fallout from the coronavirus. 650 words by Ben Perry and Roland Jackson Health-virus-US-IT-lifestyle,FOCUS SAN FRANCISCO For people hunkering down due to the coronavirus epidemic, the tech sector has become their new best friend with an array of lifestyle solutions making "social distancing" easier. 700 words moved by Glenn Chapman Denmark-environment-toys-Lego,FOCUS BILLUND, Denmark There may be a global revolt against plastic, but Danish toymaker Lego, famous for its multi-coloured plastic building bricks, remains a raging success, even if it, too, aims to go green. 750 words by Camille Bas-Wohlert. Video US-IT-politics-regulate,FOCUS WASHINGTON A bill aimed at curbing online child sex abuse is pitting the US government against the tech sector, in a battle about encryption and liability for illegal online content. 700 words moved by Rob Lever ICoast-cocoa-women-children-labour,FOCUS KOKOTI-KOUAMEKRO, Ivory Coast In a poor farming village in Ivory Coast, women are celebrating a new development that is allowing them to send their children to school instead of working in the country's cocoa plantations. 650 words by Christophe Koffi. Pictures by Issouf Sanogo. Video by Evelyne Aka Lebanon-economy-debt,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon says it will default on its Eurobond debt for the first time and seek out restructuring agreements due to a spiralling financial crisis that has hit foreign currency reserves. 700 words moved by Bachir El-Khoury. Picture. Video afp
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