Patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) receive medical attention in the emergency area of the Quito South Social Security Institute, in Quito, Ecuador April 9, 2021. REUTERS/Santiago ArcosEcuador on Wednesday implemented a nighttime curfew and other mobility restrictions as a spike in coronavirus cases again overwhelms hospitals in the Andean country, which in 2020…
Singapore’s Minister of Manpower Josephine Teo tours a dormitory room for migrant workers who have recovered from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), amid the outbreak in Singapore May 15, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar SuSingapore’s manpower ministry said authorities were investigating the possibility of COVID-19 re-infections among residents in a migrant workers’ dormitory, after finding about a dozen positive…
Oil prices fell for a third day on Thursday as a surprise build in U.S. crude inventories and a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in India and Japan raised concerns that a recovery in global economy and fuel demand may slow.Brent crude futures fell 57 cents, or 0.9%, to $64.75 a barrel by 0157 GMT, following…
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his plan to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan, at the White House, Washington, U.S., April 14, 2021. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERSU.S. President Joe Biden is expected to formally recognize the massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War One as an act of genocide, sources said…
SHANGHAI, April 22 (Reuters) – The value of shares investors in China’s onshore stock markets have borrowed to sell short reached 151.9 billion yuan ($23.4 billion) on Wednesday, data from the China Securities Finance Corporation (CSF) showed.The value of shares used for shortselling was at a record high of 152 billion yuan on Tuesday, according…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks rose on Thursday, extending a rebound in global markets following a sharp selloff earlier this week, while oil prices eased again on worries about rising COVID-19 cases in some parts of the world.FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a facial mask in Tokyo, Japan, January 4, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonJapan led gains,…
Citizens wait to receive a dose of the AstraZeneca coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, during a vaccination day for 57-year-old and older citizens, in Duque de Caxias near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil April 21, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo MoraesBrazil is seeing a drop in COVID-19 cases including in the hard-hit Amazon region but the relaxation of measures by…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a news conference at NATO’s headquarters in Brussels, Belgium April 14, 2021. Kenzo Tribouillard/Pool via REUTERS/File PhotoThe Biden administration is working with Congress to provide nearly $300 million in civilian aid to Afghanistan, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, funds the Trump administration conditioned…
A medical staff member works in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) where patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are treated at ELSAN’s private hospital Clinique Oceane in Vannes, France, April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Stephane MaheFrance on Wednesday reported 34,968 new coronavirus cases, up 4.36% compared to last Wednesday, in the lowest week-on-week increase since mid-March…