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BEIJING: Four people were killed and another 23 injured when an earthquake shook southwestern China's Yunnan province, local authorities said on Tuesday (May 19). The shallow quake in Qiaojia county struck late on Monday evening, the Yunnan government said in a statement on its social media account. Advertisement Advertisement Video clips on China's Twitter-like platform Weibo showed shoppers taking cover in a store as boxes flew off the shelves, while students in a classroom elsewhere scrambled to hide under their desks before covering their heads with textbooks. The quake hit near the city of Zhaotong, with a population of over six million, and registered 5.0-magnitude, according to China's government seismology authority. Around 600 rescue workers have been sent to the disaster ...

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With the current economic downturn casting wide uncertainty about the future, it's no secret that banks are becoming more strict about who they approve for new credit cards. If you have recently applied for a credit card, you might have been asked to submit additional employment verification or show more documentation of your income. "Applying for new credit today is different than it was just a short time ago," says Jim Triggs, president and CEO of nonprofit credit counseling agency Money Management International, Inc (MMI). With lenders scrutinizing potential borrowers more than they did before the pandemic, he suggests being ready. "Consumers need to be prepared to be declined for new credit if they show any risk at all — like late payments, maxed out credit cards or potentially the fac...