CHRISTOF STACHE / Getty Wirecard, a valuable German financial technology firm, filed for bankruptcy on Thursday as it battles a major accounting scandal. According to auditors, more than $ 2 billion disappeared from the company’s balance sheet, and Wirecard later admitted that the money never existed. In a statement Thursday, …
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks posted their biggest decline in eight sessions, bonds rose and the US dollar held firm on Thursday due to growing cases of coronavirus in the United States and the International Monetary Fund’s downgrade to economic projections reduced confidence in a recovery. FILE PHOTO: Passers-by wearing …
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The President of Poland is the first foreign leader to visit Trump in months. June 24, 2020 8:53 PM 8 min read 8 min read Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail this article As the US coronavirus cases USA Approaching their highest levels since April, President Donald Trump played statesman with …
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Residents and local businesses in a community in Germany’s most populous state that has been forced to return to strict confinement after a coronavirus outbreak at a local slaughterhouse are holding those responsible to account. The Gütersloh district of North Rhine-Westphalia, which has more than 360,000 inhabitants, had its first …
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Six Republican members of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday asked Donald Trump to reconsider his order to dramatically reduce the presence of US troops in Germany, warning that the follow-up “will jeopardize the national security of the United States” and It will embolden Russian President Vladimir …
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