TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Monday amid concerns that a recovery in fuel demand could be affected by an increase in the rate of coronavirus infections worldwide. FILE PHOTO: Bomb jacks are seen during sunset at Daqing Oil Field in Heilongjiang Province, China, August 22, 2019. REUTERS / …
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RIAD (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s 84-year-old king, Salman bin Abdulaziz, was admitted to a hospital in the capital, Riyadh, suffering from inflammation of the gallbladder, the state-run SPA news agency said on Monday. The king, who has ruled the world’s largest oil exporter and a close ally of the US …
Read More »Asian stocks rise, euro peaks in four months on progress of EU talks
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian stocks posted gains on Monday and the euro rose to four-month highs as EU leaders seemed to move ahead after three days of haggling over a plan to revive their economies, even as cases of coronaviruses increased in many countries. FILE PHOTO: A man in a …
Read More »Exclusive: Global Banks Analyze Their Hong Kong Clients For Pro-Democracy Ties
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Global wealth managers are examining whether their clients in Hong Kong have ties to the city’s pro-democracy movement, in a bid to avoid being caught in the sights of China’s new national security law, according to six knowledgeable people. of the question. FILE PHOTO: A Star …
Read More »A Navy veteran says he was beaten and sprayed with pepper while attending a protest in Portland.
Navy veteran Chris David, 53, told CNN by phone Sunday that he had never been to a protest, but was “enraged” when he saw federal officials on the scene and wanted to ask them what they were doing there. “I was going to ask why they were not keeping their …
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