BARCELONA (Reuters) – Young Catalans should stop partying to help stem an increase in new cases of coronavirus, or local authorities may have to re-impose severe restrictions, the leader of the northeastern Spanish region said on Monday. FILE PHOTO: Tourists and locals gather at an observation post, with a view …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Emerging evidence worldwide suggests that people who are overweight or obese are at increased risk of becoming more seriously ill with COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV2 coronavirus. FILE PHOTO: A passenger awaits a delayed flight at Terminal Four at London Heathrow Airport on 12 August …
Read More »China reports 61 new cases of COVID-19 for Sunday, the highest number of daily household infections since March 6
FILE PHOTO: People line up at a test site where medical workers in protective suits collect swabs for nucleic acid tests after new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were confirmed in Dalian, Liaoning Province , China, July 24, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported 61 new …
Read More »Hundreds clog the airport when evacuations from Vietnam’s Danang begin
HANOI (Reuters) – The airport in the central Vietnamese resort town of Danang filled up on Monday after three residents tested positive for the coronavirus and began evacuating 80,000 people. The Southeast Asian country is on high alert after authorities confirmed the community’s first infections since Saturday, and three other …
Read More »Billionaire investor Ray Dalio fears for the dollar and the “strength of our money,” and here is why
Gold is rebounding earlier in the week as tensions between the United States and China and fears of the coronavirus mount, but the dollar continues to decline. The precious metal hit a new record on Monday, like GC gold futures, -0.39% it rose $ 39.60, or 2.1%, to $ 1,937.20 …
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