SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian stocks advance for a second straight session on Monday, backed by hopes of coronavirus, after the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the use of recovering patients’ blood plasma as a treatment option. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask follows the outbreak …
Read More »Global dividend declines the least since financial crisis
LONDON (Reuters) – Coronavirus crisis will see the world’s largest companies pay dividends between 17% -23% this year, which could be as high as $ 400 billion this year, a new report has shown, as sectors such as tech are fighting the trend. PHILO PHOTO: Passers-by wearing protective face masks …
Read More »Healthcare advisers in the UK say that missing school is a greater risk for children than COVID
LONDON (Reuters) – The UK’s chief medical officer has said children after school should go to school after the summer holidays to warn that missing their education poses much greater risks to them than catching COVID-19. PHILO PHOTO: A child sends to a classroom at Watlington Primary School during the …
Read More »Kremlin critic Navalny will survive ‘poison attack’, says Bizilj
MOSCOW / FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who fell seriously ill on Thursday after what his allies think was poisoning, will survive, the founder of the activist group that sent the air ambulance to Germany flying, a newspaper reported. PHILO PHOTO: Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny takes part …
Read More »Opera domingo denies abuse of power, trying to delete name
NAPLES, Italy (AP) – Opera legend Plácido Domingo denies ever abusing power during his tenure at two US opera houses in an interview with The Associated Press on Sunday, as he embarks on a full throttle campaign to clear his name after two investigations found credible allegations that he had …
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