PARIS (AP) – The dull, muffled sounds in the background of the phone call filled Monette Hayoun with fear. Was his 85-year-old severely disabled brother Meyer choking on his food? Was he slowly suffocating like the Holocaust survivor who died a few months earlier in another room in the nursing …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Markets showed signs of optimism on Friday, with the opening of European stocks and rising oil prices despite a record number of new COVID-19 infections in the United States. FILE PHOTO: A man in a protective face mask walks past the London Stock Exchange Group building in …
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* Increase in US viruses, New restrictions considered * Europe stabilizes after early decline, Japan -1.2%, Australia -2.5% * US stock futures fell 0.5% after falling as low as 1.2% * Stronger dollar in the currency markets * Brent drops less than $ 40 a barrel * * By Marc …
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CHICAGO / LONDON (Reuters) – Developing a COVID-19 vaccine in record time will be difficult. Producing enough to end the pandemic will be the greatest medical manufacturing feat in history. FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled “COVID-19 Vaccine” and a medical syringe in this illustration taken on …
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LONDON / SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Global stocks plummeted to their lowest level in more than a week on Thursday, due to an increase in US coronavirus cases. USA And an IMF warning of a nearly 5% drop in the world economy this year again. FILE PHOTO: An SGX sign is …
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