WASHINGTON, July 20 (Reuters) – During a blue sky moment in 2018 near the end of a decade-long economic expansion, it was the United States that helped propel the world as extra money flowed from cuts in taxes and government spending. national and global markets. But if it was US …
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European stocks rose on Monday, with top leaders still negotiating a rescue fund to boost the economic response to the coronavirus. At mid-morning, the Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, + 0.18% They traded 0.2% higher, overcoming a weaker start. The German DAX DAX, + 0.51%, French CAC 40 PX1, + 0.11% …
Read More »UK about to suspend Hong Kong extradition treaty: British newspapers
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong on Monday in a further escalation of its dispute with China over the introduction of a security law in the former colony, British newspapers reported. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Dominic Raab, leaves Downing …
Read More »Coronavirus Live News: Trump Says Fauci Is ‘Alarmist’; Hong Kong makes masks mandatory indoors | World News
In an extraordinary interview with Fox News on Sunday, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, called the expert in the White House, Dr. Anthony Fauci, “an alarmist” and when asked about the daily number of deaths from coronavirus of about 1,000 said, “It is what it is.” The …
Read More »Global wrap: Hong Kong ‘critical’ as Covid cases increase worldwide | World News
The coronavirus situation in Hong Kong is “really critical,” with a record 100 new infections registered on Sunday, the territory’s leader, Carrie Lam, said when Melbourne became the first city in Australia to make wearing masks mandatory. in response to a resurgence and aggressive outbreak there. Hong Kong It was …
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