Sure, it’s a nation of islands, but still. While countries such as the US continue to face an increasing number of coronavirus cases, the New Zealand Department of Public Health announced a remarkable milestone on Sunday: There has not been a single new locally transmitted case of COVID-19 in 100 …
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Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for the last three decades and an expert on pandemics for the last four decades, has been optimistic about a vaccine arriving in late 2020 or early 2021, but he has also warned the public about their expectations …
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Investors outside Turkey should pay attention to the recent rise in its currency to a very low against the US dollar, as the country burns through its foreign exchange reserves, analysts said. One US dollar raised as much as 7.37 lira USDTRY, -0.00% earlier Friday, according to FactSet, a record …
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