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8@eight: Coronavirus keeps investors on edge

Caution dominated global markets to finish last week, as the coronavirus remains front-and-centre for investors. At 7.30am AEST, futures are pointing to a gain of 46 points, or 0.9 per cent, at the open for the ASX, though the weekend's developments are not taken into account. On Friday, the ASX shed 1....

European shares jump as coronavirus deaths slow

April 6, 2020. By Sagarika Jaisinghani. (Reuters) � European shares bounced on Monday as a slowdown in coronavirus deaths raised hopes that nationwide lockdown...

N.Y. Has Most Deaths in a Day; Italy Has Fewer: Virus Update

Global cases top 1.1 million; deaths exceed 62,000: Johns HopkinsBread lines are forming in Mar-a-Lago�s shadowThe virus is destroying jobs around the worldLan...

UN chief urges govts to protect women during virus lockdown

"For many women and girls, the threat looms largest where they should be safest. In their own homes," says UN chief, urging protection of women during lockdown...

Shares rebound on signs of progress in battling virus

BANGKOK (AP) � World shares rose Monday as investors gleaned hope from signs that the battle against the coronavirus pandemic may be making some progress in so...

Serbia mulls additional measures to support sectors worst hit by COVID-19 - fin min

BELGRADE (Serbia), April 6 (SeeNews) - Serbia's government plans to introduce more measures for support of the country's economy if the coronavirus disease (CO...

Turkey's automotive exports drop 10% y/y in Q1 - report

ANKARA (Turkey), April 6 (SeeNews) - Turkey's automotive exports decreased by 10% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2020 to $6.98 billion (6.45 billion euro...

Bulgaria's Stara Zagora water utility opens 17.7 mln euro EU-funded tender

SOFIA (Bulgaria), April 6 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's Stara Zagora water utility said on Monday that it has launched a tender for three contracts for reconstruction...

Bulgarian Expat's WIG20-based ETF gets orders to redeem 60,000 shares

SOFIA (Bulgaria), April 6 (SeeNews) - Expat Poland WIG20 UCITS ETF [BUL:PLX], managed by Sofia-based Expat Asset Management, has received orders on the primary...

Albania to issue 120 mln euro bond on April 6

TIRANA (Albania), April 6 (SeeNews) Albania will offer 120 million euro ($129.7 million) worth of two-year fixed-rate bond at an auction on April 6, the debt i...

Russia's RZD completes first phase of Serbian rail tunnel breakthrough

BELGRADE (Serbia), April 6 (SeeNews) - Russian railway infrastructure engineering company RZD International completed the first phase of the breakthrough of th...

UN chief warns of violence at home, Japan nears emergency

TOKYO: With more than 1.2 million people infected with the new coronavirus, the UN chief appealed for �peace at home� � all homes � out of concern that domesti...

Thousands of personal Zoom videos have been left viewable on the open web, highlighting the privacy risks to mil... TOKYO - When it comes to working from home...

Global surge of domestic violence since coronavirus lockdowns

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned of a "horrifying global surge" in domestic violence during the coronavirus crisis and urged governments to step up...

OP-ED: Africa will turn the tide against this virus

Distinctions of wealth, poverty, nationality, race and class have been rendered meaningless as infections grow in developed and developing countries alike. The...

Pakistan quarantines 20,000 following Tabligh gathering in Lahore

The Tablighi mosques and the movement's other places of worship were shut down or marked as quarantine centres at the end of March [Akhtar Soomro/Reuters] Pak...

'Shrugging off the pessimism': Stocks rally on early signs that lockdowns are working against corona

Brendan McDermid/Reuters. Global stocks jumped on Monday as lockdowns in several novel coronavirus hotspots appeared to be slowing the pandemic's spread. Italy...

ALONE thanks Gavin James and the public for raising an astonishing �150,000 in support of their serv

The team at ALONE, the organisation that supports older people, want to express their tremendous gratitude to Gavin James, The Late Late Show, and the people o...

Scotland enjoy victory over world champions England

Scotland secured one of their most enjoyable victories when they beat England 3-2 at Wembley in their first meeting since Sir Alf Ramsey�s side lifted the Worl...

COVID-19 Lockdown: UN Chief decries domestic violence surge

United Nation�s Secretary- General Antonio Guterres. UN Secretary-General Ant�nio Guterres has decried a �horrifying global surge in domestic violence� against...

Brussels plans EUR 100 billion coronavirus solidarity fund

The EU Commission proposed to set up a EUR 100 bn coronavirus solidarity fund Thursday, to help businesses stay afloat and workers keep incomes, and redirect s...

Dollar borrowing costs drop to lowest in decade in FX swap markets

LONDON (Reuters) - Dollar borrowing costs in the foreign exchange swap markets retreated further on Monday, with swap rates against the euro and pound falling ...

German orders slip in February in early taste of likely corona impact

BERLIN (Reuters) - Orders for German-made goods dropped 1.4% in February, data showed on Monday, as a sharp fall in orders from abroad hinted at the likely imp...

Gianluigi Paragone vs Parenzo/ Video: �Non me ne frega un caz*o di quello che dici!�

Gianluigi Paragone contro David Parenzo a � Non � l�Arena � di Massimo Giletti . Il senatore � esploso di rabbia durante il collegamento e se l�� presa col con...

In the last days, we have witnessed an inexplicable European paralysis to address the COVID-19 crisis. It has taken too long to see patients crossing borders t...

Sterling recovers as PM Johnson expected back at his office

"Markets were initially quick to jump to the worst possible conclusion and assume that the PM's illness would create a degree of dysfunctioning within the UK g...

Coronavirus lands British PM in hospital, but Europe offers hope

JOHNSON. Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to members of the media on January 13, 2020. Photo by Liam McBurney/AFP. LONDON, United Kingdom (UPDATED...

Scotland secured one of their most enjoyable victories when they beat England 3-2 at Wembley in their first meeting since Sir Alf Ramsey�s side lifted the Worl...

BANGKOK (AP) World shares rose Monday as investors gleaned hope from signs that the battle against the coronavirus pandemic may be making some progress in some...

The elderly pontiff, who has twice been tested for the virus, celebrated his Palm Sunday mass by livestream. Other religious leaders went to more extraordinary...

Virus hope in Europe as US girds for �Pearl Harbor� moment

Europe�s hardest-hit nations saw some tentative signs of hope in the fight against the coronavirus Monday but the United States braced for its �Pearl Harbor mo...

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