Between January and June this year, 51,405 deaths were recorded – more than 6,500 deaths (or 15%) over the same period in 2019. This is the highest number of deaths in Sweden in the first half of the year since 1869, when the country was hit by famine and 55,431 …
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BEIJING (AP) – For nearly a decade, Huawei continued to grow global sales as Washington told U.S. phone companies not to buy its network equipment and to lobby allies to defraud China’s first global tech brand as a security threat. Focusing on Europe, Asia, Africa and China’s booming market, Huawei …
Read More »Oil and equities are falling as markets still rattled by Fed minutes
LONDON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve’s doubts about the US economic recovery kept markets in the red on Thursday, even though European stock indices spent the morning recovering from initial losses. FILE PHOTO: Traders are pictured at their office for the DAX board on the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany …
Read More »Oil and equities are falling as markets still rattled by Fed minutes
LONDON (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve’s doubts about the US economic recovery kept markets in the red on Thursday, even though European stock indices spent the morning recovering from initial losses. FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen outside the entrance of the London Stock Exchange in London, Britain. 23 Aug 2018. …
Read More »Belarus crisis uneasy for Putin at home as opponents take hearts
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Belarus’s political crisis presents a challenge to foreign policy for President Vladimir Putin, who wants to keep the country firmly in Moscow’s control, and there are early signs that it is also can cause problems for him at home. PHOTO PHOTO: European Games of 2019 – Closing …
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