U.S. Stock futures rose on Monday, pointing to gains in key indices earlier in the week, as investors evaluated fresh stimulus packages and the prospect of China’s economic recovery. Futures linked to the S&P 500 are up 0.7%, indicating that the gauge will increase after New York’s opening llnt. Contracts …
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In the Chilean capital, protesters set fire to two churches, looted a store and clashed with police a week before a referendum on whether to erode a one-sentence constitution. In television images from Santiago on Sunday, masked protesters were shooting from their smartphones and excited as the spire of the …
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Melbourne, Australia Australia After more than 100 days under one of the world’s longest and toughest lockdowns, residents of Australia, Australia’s second-largest city, are struggling to make ends meet – but these conditions reflect the global division on the need for lockdowns to fight the Covid-19 epidemic. Since July, Melbourne …
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U.S. Department of Disease Control and Prevention More than 1,000 current and former officials of the elite disease-fighting program at the centers have signed an open letter expressing frustration over the country’s public health response to the Kovid-19 epidemic and calling on the federal agency to do so. To play …
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The soda giant’s first diet cola was a culture icon in the 1970s and early ’80s, then pale after the launch of Diet Coke. Although the market share of Tab Tab became almost non-existent, the beverage company continued the brand for decades to please a fairly dedicated base known as …
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