SYDNEY (Reuters) – An increase in COVID-19 cases in Australia’s second-largest city could take weeks to lessen despite a shutdown and orders to wear masks, Australia’s acting chief medical officer said Monday as the country prepares for a second wave of infection. FILE PHOTO: People walk downtown in the first …
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 »Former Nissan boss Ghosn says Renault / Nissan results are ‘pathetic’
PARIS (Reuters) – Former Nissan Motor Co Ltd president Carlos Ghosn criticized his former employers in a newspaper interview on Sunday, calling the results of Renault and Nissan “pathetic”, fueled both by the lack of joint leadership as by COVID. 19 pandemic. FILE PHOTO: Former Nissan President Carlos Ghosn gestures …
Read More »Australia prepares for first economic update since coronavirus outbreak
A chart is shown showing the areas of Melbourne that will need to be closed as Victorian Prime Minister Daniel Andrews speaks to the media on July 7, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Darrian Traynor | fake pictures Australia will reveal its first economic and fiscal update since the coronavirus outbreak …
Read More »Mandatory masks as cases increase in the state of Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – After a one-day respite, coronavirus cases in the Australian state of Victoria have increased again, prompting a move to make masks mandatory in the Melbourne metropolitan area and county Mitchell’s close. Health officials on Sunday registered 363 new cases in the last 24 hours. Two men …
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