SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian stocks rose to a four-month high on Wednesday as investors remained stubbornly optimistic about prospects for a reopening of the world economy, even as coronavirus cases seemed to accelerate to new peaks. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask, after the outbreak of coronavirus …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Asian stocks were expected to be under pressure on Wednesday, as a surge in new coronavirus infections weighed on sentiment, though U.S. assurances that China’s trade deal was intact and Optimistic economic data provided some reasons for optimism. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face …
Read More »China-India border clash fuels contrasting domestic responses
BEIJING / NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The skirmish between Chinese and Indian troops over a long-disputed border this month is being treated in New Delhi as the country’s worst diplomatic crisis in decades, even when it is downplayed by Beijing. FILE PHOTO: Protesters burn Chinese-made products and a disfigured poster …
Read More »China has resumed its “game” in trade with the United States, says Trump adviser
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. trade deal with China is not only completely intact, but Beijing has taken a constructive step forward in several areas, a senior White House adviser said Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: White House National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White …
Read More »China to conduct human coronavirus vaccine test in UAE
FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory disease first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. USA January …
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