WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealanders rallied on Wednesday to share essentials as the country’s largest city was ready to go into lockdown again, following new cases of the coronavirus running a 102-day record run terminated without new infections. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced last night that she would expel Auckland …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia recorded its biggest one-day rise in COVID-19 deaths on Monday although a drop in new cases gave hope that a second wave of new infections in the state of Victoria may have caught on. PHILO PHOTO: Medical staff administers coronavirus (COVID-19) tests at a pop-up test …
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Screenshot of the movie Downfall showing Bruno Ganz in a scene portraying Adolf Hitler. Source: Constantin Film A refinery worker in Australia has received nearly $ 200,000 in damages from BP after being fired over a Hitler meme he shared, which turned out to be mocking his bosses over wage …
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SINGAPORE / BOSTON (Reuters) – Asian stock markets rose on Tuesday in relief that another round of Sino-American sparring did not appear to have exaggerated trade, while hopes for US stimulus boosted oil and commodity qualities. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask, following the outbreak of coronavirus …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar rose in early London trading on Monday, including the euro and the Swiss franc, with investors targeting fiscal stimulus in the United States and US and China tensions ahead to important trade talks on 15 August. FILE PHOTO: Four thousand US dollars are counted by …
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