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SYDNEY / NEW YORK (Reuters) – Asian stocks posted a spike on Wall Street on Thursday, although sentiment was cautious ahead of US employment data. FILE PHOTO: An SGX sign is displayed on the Singapore Stock Exchange on July 19, 2017. REUTERS / Edgar Su MSCI’s broader index of Asia …
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The European Union is prepared to reopen its borders to visitors from more than a dozen countries, but not to Americans. While most of Europe has successfully reduced new cases of coronavirus, America’s numbers continue to rise. In Greece, the modern economy depends on tourists, but people who come from …
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