SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian markets on Monday held nervous as the Turkish lira plunged into a tested risk appetite, with stocks and bonds showing limited bids for safe havens. File photo: Turkish Lira Banknote Note This illustration taken on January 6, 2020. Reuters / Dado Ruvik / Illustration // File …
Read More »Germany will block Astrazeneka vaccination: Ministry of Health
File photo: Health workers prepare a syringe with the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 at a new vaccination center inside Berlin’s former Tempelhof Airport on March 8, 2021. BERLIN (Reuters) – A spokesman for the health ministry on Monday stopped administering the Covid-19 vaccine to AstraZeneca, saying on Monday that Germany …
Read More »Stocks rise after Wild Tech reboots, yields rise inches
LONDON (Reuters) – World stock markets rebounded on Wednesday after a spectacular reboot in US tech stocks, with both the US dollar and benchmark government yields rising in the US. Treasury auctions and inflation have outpaced reading later. File photo: A man wearing a face mask stands Nik Nik in …
Read More »In Athens, rare snow blankets Acropolis, prevents vaccinations
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Heavy snowfall blanketed Acropolis and other ancient monuments in Athens and the Greek capital on Tuesday suspended COVID-19 vaccinations as the weather froze many services across the country. Temperatures in the southeast of the continent dropped with some relief from the winter weather in Western Europe, …
Read More »Providing immediate cooling to Madrid for decades of heavy snowfall
MADRID (Reuters) – Meteorologists are expecting the heaviest snowfall in decades brought by Storm Philomina on Friday in most areas of the Spanish capital Madrid and neighboring Castilla-La Manch. Such incidents are rare in the region and people are disturbed in daily life and mobility, at a time when people …
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