LONDON / TOKYO (Reuters) – Global equities dipped on Friday after loud Chinese economic data and concerns about a slowdown in U.S. fiscal stimulus discouraged some investors from taking risks. FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian in the offices of the London Stock Exchange in the City of London, UK, 29 December …
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Flare-ups from Australia to Japan show that the world has not learned an early lesson from the coronavirus crisis: to stop the spread, those with mild or asymptomatic coronavirus infections must be forced to isolate themselves from their communities and family. In Australia, where Victoria State has reported register dead, …
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Military history is replete with stories of heroism and self-sacrifice, but that of Australian Edward “Teddy” Sheean stands out. And on Wednesday, nearly 78 years after the then 18-year-old sailor provided cover for his comrades to escape the Japanese planes, Sheean was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, the British Commonwealth’s …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia recorded its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday and the biggest daily rise in infections in three days, hoping a second wave that could stabilize the state of Victoria flu. Victoria reported 21 deaths – two more than the previous deadliest days earlier this …
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