NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar weakened and gold rose further on Thursday as a global equity indicator drifted after previous gains in Europe and Asia as rising COVID-19 cases affected the American labor market and deteriorating relations between the United States and China gave investors pause. . FILE PHOTO: …
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FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Home Secretary Priti Patel speaks to the media near the scene of multiple stabbings in Reading, Britain, June 22, 2020. REUTERS / Peter Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s route to citizenship for nearly three million people in Hong Kong will open in January 2021, and applicants won’t …
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RAIPUR JATTAN, India / SINGAPORE (Reuters) – For more than two decades, Indian farmer Ravindra Kajal cultivated rice in the same way as his ancestors: every June he flooded his fields with water before hiring an army of farmers to plant seedlings for rice. FILE PHOTO: Workers work in a …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China warned on Thursday that it will be forced to respond after the United States ordered the closure of its Houston consulate, a move the Chinese Foreign Ministry said it had “severely damaged” relations. FILE PHOTO: The national flag of China flies at the Chinese Consulate General …
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LONDON (Reuters) – European stocks rose on Thursday as better-than-expected corporate earnings offset concerns over mounting COVID-19 cases and a sharp escalation in tensions between the United States and China. FILE PHOTO: The London Stock Exchange Group offices are seen in the City of London, Great Britain, on December 29, …
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