SHANGHAI / BEIJING (Reuters) – A sharp escalation of tensions with the United States has raised fears in China of a deepening financial war that could result in the closure of the world dollar system – a devastating prospect once considered far-fetched but now impossible . FILE PHOTO: Chinese yuan …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A majority of Scots support independence from the UK, a YouGov poll found on Wednesday, with support for nationalists backed by a much more positive view of how they have reacted to COVID-19 compared to London. PHILO PHOTO: Some views of the Firth of Clyde near Helensburgh, …
Read More »Australia suffers from deadliest day of pandemic with coronavirus, cases go up
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia recorded its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday and the biggest daily rise in infections in three days, hoping a second wave that could stabilize the state of Victoria flu. Victoria reported 21 deaths – two more than the previous deadliest days earlier this …
Read More »Baby George, born amid Beirut explosion, is ‘light in the dark’
BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Stepping into the delivery room where his wife Emmanuelle was about to give birth, Edmond Khnaisser intended to capture the first moments of her son on camera. Emmanuelle Lteif Khnaisser, who was at work at the time of the explosion of the port of Beirut, is holding …
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