[ad_1] SYDNEY (REUTERS) – The Australian government has agreed to buy two more Covid-19 vaccines under development, bolstering the country’s potential arsenal against the pandemic to 135 million doses as it aims to complete a mass inoculation program in a few months. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Thursday that the …
Read More »Asian stocks continue to rise on Wall Street on stalled US bets.
[ad_1] SYDNEY: Asian stock markets strengthened on Thursday, while bonds held big gains as investors waited for a clear outcome of the US election, with the possibility of a policy stale seemingly welcomed by Wall Street overnight. MSCI’s broader index of Asia-Pacific stocks outside Japan added 0.5% to its highest …
Read More »Confident Biden steps forward in U.S. election, Trump alleges fraud
[ad_1] The knife-edged US presidential race tipped toward Democrat Joe Biden early Thursday morning, with victories in Michigan and Wisconsin bringing him closer to the majority, but President Donald Trump claimed he was being misled and went to court to try to stop him. the vote count. The vote counting …
Read More »COVID Vaccine Deliveries On Ice As AstraZeneca Waits For Trial Data
[ad_1] REUTERS: A summer drop in coronavirus infections in the UK has delayed test results for AstraZenca’s potential COVID-19 vaccine, prompting the drugmaker to delay deliveries of injections to the government of the United Kingdom. Britain’s vaccine chief said on Wednesday that it would receive just 4 million doses of …
Read More »More than 6,000 people in Lanzhou, China test positive for brucellosis
[ad_1] BEIJING: More than 6,000 people in Lanzhou, the capital of northwest China’s Gansu province, tested positive for a bacterial disease called brucellosis, the local government said, in an outbreak caused by a leak at a vaccine plant during a year. make. The government has tested 55,725 people in the …
Read More »United States Sets New Record Increase in Covid-19 Cases One Day After Elections
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The United States set a one-day record for new coronavirus cases on Wednesday (Nov. 4) with at least 102,591 new infections and as hospitals in several states reported a rising tide of patients, according to a Reuters tally. . Nine states reported record increases in cases …
Read More »The United States formally renounces the Paris agreement, but Biden vows to return
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The United States abandoned the Paris accord on Wednesday (November 4), becoming the first country to withdraw from an international pact on climate change, but Joe Biden promised that he would return immediately as president. With the election results pointing to a likely defeat for Donald Trump in …
Read More »US Sets Record Number of COVID-19 Cases Amid Election Battle Over Virus
[ad_1] WASHINGTON – The United States set another record for daily confirmed coronavirus cases, as states across the country hit record highs, underscoring the irritating problem facing the winner of the presidential race. The increase in cases and hospitalizations reflects the challenge President Donald Trump or former Vice President Joe …
Read More »Singapore Banks Suppress Worst Fears; Third-quarter earnings increased primarily during the quarter, companies and markets
[ad_1] Thursday, November 05, 2020 – 8:01 am SINGAPORE banks posted lower profits for the third quarter of this year compared to the previous year, as the trio continued to accumulate provisions to cushion bad loans as a result of the Covid-19 crisis. Although they remain cautious, they point to …
Read More »‘Vote and go home,’ say eager voters on Election Day
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: She carefully planned a five-hour trip to the polling place in her hometown of Tennessee to vote on Election Day. He considered the traffic, the weather, the growing coronavirus pandemic and – something he never imagined having to contemplate – the possibility of civil unrest after the US …
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