HONG KONG (Reuters) – Support for Hong Kong’s year-long pro-democracy protests has waned, now backed by a slim majority, as the city prepares for the imposition of national security legislation drafted by Beijing, a poll conducted for Reuters showed. FILE PHOTO: A pro-democracy protester holds a flag supporting Hong Kong’s …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian stocks hit a four-month high on Wednesday as investors remained stubbornly optimistic about prospects for a reopening of the world economy, even as coronavirus cases appeared to be accelerating to new peaks. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask, after the outbreak of coronavirus …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian stocks rose to a four-month high on Wednesday as investors remained stubbornly optimistic about prospects for a reopening of the world economy, even as coronavirus cases seemed to accelerate to new peaks. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask, after the outbreak of coronavirus …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Asian stocks were expected to be under pressure on Wednesday, as a surge in new coronavirus infections weighed on sentiment, though U.S. assurances that China’s trade deal was intact and Optimistic economic data provided some reasons for optimism. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face …
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FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory disease first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. USA January …
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