SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Japanese stocks were up six months and the dollar was under pressure on Thursday as investors positively plucked from recent economic data and bets on China and the United States with their trading sales at a crucial weekend meeting . FILE PHOTO: Passers-by wearing protective face masks, …
Read More »Japanese stocks grow, dollar falls as investors ‘glass half full’
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Japanese stocks were up six months and the dollar was under pressure on Thursday as investors positively plucked from recent economic data and bets on China and the United States with their trading sales at a crucial weekend meeting . FILE PHOTO: Passers-by wearing protective face masks, …
Read More »China Increases Military Pressure on Taiwan: Taipei View | News
Taipei, Taiwan – Two Chinese jets flew briefly across the “median line” of Taiwan Street – the de facto border between China and Taiwan – on Monday morning in what has been a busy year in military exercises across the Strait. While the jets signaled Beijing’s displeasure with U.S. Secretary …
Read More »Fauci, Azar casts doubt on Putin’s coronavirus vaccine preference
Two leading voices on health issues in the US are skeptical about Russian President Valdimir Putin’s claim that his country was the first to develop a safe and effective vaccine for coronavirus. Putin’s remarks on Tuesday raised immediate doubts about the science and security behind the proposed performance. Dr Anthony …
Read More »US health chief, on visit to Taiwan, responds to China’s pandemic response
TAIPEI (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of Health Alex Azar on Tuesday responded to China’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying that if such an outbreak had occurred in Taiwan like the United States, it could ‘be easily sniffed out’. The Trump administration has repeatedly criticized Beijing for trying to crack …
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