New Covid-19 cases in the locked-down Chinese city of Xi’an fell to their lowest in a week, health officials said Sunday, as residents face their eleventh day under strict home confinement. China has followed a “zero Covid” approach involving tight border restrictions and swift, targeted lockdowns since the virus first surfaced in a central city …
France announced an easing of Covid restrictions from Monday and Britain’s health minister said curbs were an “absolute last resort”, as governments face tough choices between controlling the virus and keeping economies open. Coronavirus cases have surged globally in recent weeks, fuelled by the emergence of the highly transmissible Omicron variant, and the pandemic dampened …
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Asian markets rose Thursday following Wall Street’s lead as concerns over inflation and Covid eased with US data showing optimism about the economy despite the spread of the Omicron variant. The upbeat pre-holiday mood was helped by two preliminary studies from Britain indicating Omicron infections were less likely to result in hospitalisation compared with the …
Asian stocks opened higher on Tuesday as investors took heart from strong rebounds on Wall Street on hopes that the newest coronavirus variant will prove less dangerous than previously feared. The Omicron variant has been detected across the globe but no deaths have yet been reported, with authorities worldwide racing to determine how contagious it …
FILE PHOTO: A man waves a Brazilian flag during a protest against new measures implemented to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil March 26, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes/File Photo April 9, 2021 By Eduardo Simões and Rodrigo Viga Gaier SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Sao Paulo state and the …
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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) on Thursday called for urgent action to resolve the “humanitarian crisis” along the border, and floated the idea of a 90-day moratorium on immigration as a way of sending a message that would discourage people from flooding the region trying to enter the United States illegally. Manchin, who was one of …
FILE PHOTO: Steve Mollenkopf, Qualcomm CEO, speaks at the opening ceremony of the fifth World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, China, November 7, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee March 22, 2021 SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) – Qualcomm Inc CEO Steve Mollenkopf said he is “seeing improvement” in efforts to ease chip shortages that have caused disruptions …
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FILE PHOTO: Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives for an EU summit amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in Brussels, Belgium December 10, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman/Pool March 18, 2021 BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The third wave of the coronavirus pandemic will reach its peak in Hungary by the end of March the latest, Prime Minister Viktor …
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FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, (NYSE) in New York, NY, U.S., April 30, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid/File Photo February 9, 2021 By Medha Singh and Devik Jain (Reuters) – The Dow and the S&P 500 eased from record highs on Tuesday as investors digested recent gains while awaiting …
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FILE PHOTO: People walk on a street during a rally in support of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow, Russia January 31, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov February 8, 2021 By Darya Korsunskaya MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian authorities are considering a new social spending package worth at least $6.7 billion to address discontent over falling …
