SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian equities held tight range on Monday as flare-up tensions between the United States and China rose on sentiment, although signs of a recovery in industrial activity in the world’s second-largest economy declined. PHILO PHOTO: A pedestrian wearing a face mask walks over an intersection with an …
Read More »‘Like gold’: Canadian canola prices spike as shippers find back door to China
WINNIPEG, Manitoba / BEIJING (Reuters) – Canadian canola prices have risen to their highest in nearly two years, despite a diplomatic dispute between Ottawa and Beijing as exporters find circular ways to reach top oil sellers in China. A heart feeds in a western Canadian canola field that is in …
Read More »Sources of many cases in Victoria not to be traced
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – The Prime Minister of the Australian State of Australia says more than 2,700 active cases have no source known and remain the primary concern of health authorities. Victoria on Sunday saw a welcome drop in her new COVID-19 cases with 394 but a record 17 deaths, …
Read More »New Zealand registers 100 days without case of domestic virus, but warns against complaint
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand marked 100 days without a domestic coronavirus transmission on Sunday, but warned against complacency as countries such as Vietnam and Australia, which once controlled the virus, are now battling resistance to infections. PHILO PHOTO: People walk on Lambton Quay Street in Wellington, New Zealand, 23 …
Read More »Victoria of Australia reports deadliest day of COVID-19 pandemic
SYDNEY (Reuters) – The second-most populous state in Australia, Victoria, reported the deadliest day of the COVID-19 outbreak on Sunday, with 17 people dying, when police planned a planned anti-mask rally in the capital Melbourne lost. FILE PHOTO: Federation Square is seen without people after Melbourne, Australia, returned to a …
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