FILE PHOTO: USS Nitze, a Guided Missile Destroyer is pictured in New York Harbor, May 24, 2006. REUTERS / Peter Foley / File Photo / File Photo CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino on Wednesday called an incident this week in which a United States Navy ship sailed …
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A huge column of dust from the Sahara desert in North Africa has been traversing the atmosphere, thousands of feet above the tropical Atlantic Ocean, and is now covering the Caribbean and approaching the southeastern United States. While summer dust plumes are a common occurrence, this appears to be one …
Read More »US group raises price recommendation to rebrand Gilead at COVID-19
FILE PHOTO: A Gilead Sciences, Inc. logo is seen outside the company headquarters in Foster City, California, USA. USA, May 1, 2018. REUTERS / Stephen Lam (Reuters) – Gilead Sciences Inc’s (GILD.O) Antiviral remdesivir could be priced up to $ 5,080 per course based on the benefits shown in COVID-19 …
Read More »Lowy poll reveals confidence in China drops sharply among Australians
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Confidence in China among Australians has halved amid diplomatic and trade disputes, and only 23% said they were confident that Beijing would act responsibly in the world compared to a reading of the 52% two years ago, according to a major survey. FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi …
Read More »IMF Predicts Deeper Global Recession Due To Coronavirus Pandemic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The coronavirus pandemic has caused more extensive and profound damage to economic activity than previously thought, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday, prompting the institution to further cut its global output forecasts by 2020. The IMF said it now expects 2020 global output to shrink by 4.9%, …
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