LONDON (Reuters) – Stock markets struggled for direction on Friday as investors worried about a lack of detail in the US Federal Reserve’s policy change, while Japanese markets were awakened when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sacked for health reasons. FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian in the offices of the London Stock …
Read More »France registers more than 6,000 new cases of Covid-19, the highest figure since March
Issued on: 27/08/2020 – 20:01 France recorded a daily tally of 6,111 newly confirmed coronavirus infections on Thursday, the highest level since lockdown ended and the second highest ever. It was the largest figure since a peak of 7,578 on March 30 at the close, at the height of the …
Read More »Exclusive: France outlines reforms for crisis-ridden Lebanon
BEIRUT (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron has outlined political and financial reforms needed by Lebanese politicians to unlock foreign aid and save the country from multiple crises, including an economic meltdown, according to a Reuters document. A member of the French military wears a face mask as he stands …
Read More »NATO is facing ‘real political crisis’ as tensions flare up in Belarus, Turkey
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) looks at US President Donald Trump (R) walking in a family photo next to her as part of the NATO summit at the Grove Hotel in Watford, northeast of London on December 4, 2019. CHRISTIAN HARTMANN NATO Secretary-General Meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin …
Read More »Dozens of nudists positive for coronavirus at French colony
More than 100 nudists have tested positive for the coronavirus in a “very careful” outbreak at a popular naturist holiday resort in France, according to reports. The Cap d’Agde resort on the Mediterranean coast reported 38 infections on Monday – and 57 tested positive on Wednesday, the Guardian reported, citing …
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