* MSCI ex-Japan reverses initial gains, falls from 3-week high * China and Hong Kong stocks down, CSI300 down 1% * The dollar softens to two-week lows. * Crude oil prices rise …
Read More »GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks prepare for slow start after Wall Street retreats from all-time highs
April 7 (Reuters) – Asia stocks are set to open slowly on Wednesday after Wall Street rebounded from all-time highs reached in previous sessions as investors look to the upcoming earnings season …
Read More »Ukraine calls for path to NATO after Russia builds up troops
By Pavel Polityuk, Vladimir Soldatkin KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday called on NATO to outline a path for Ukraine to join the Western military alliance, after days in which …
Read More »Stocks hit record highs on strong economic data
LONDON (Reuters) – Global stocks hit record highs on Tuesday, supported by strong economic data from China and the United States, as currency and bond markets came to a halt after a …
Read More »Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny taken to sick ward, subjected to coronavirus tests – Izvestia
By Tom Balmforth, Anton Zverev MOSCOW (Reuters) – Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was taken to a sick room with symptoms of a respiratory illness and tested for the coronavirus, the Izvestia …
Read More »Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny says he has a cough and temperature amid tuberculosis outbreak
By Tom Balmforth, Anton Zverev MOSCOW (Reuters) – Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said on Monday he had a high fever and severe cough, and that three of the 15 inmates in …
Read More »Sputnik V Twitter feed raises prospects for vaccine tourism to Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is working on a program to offer people abroad the opportunity to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Russia with their Sputnik V injection starting in July, the official …
Read More »WORLD MARKETS-Recovery of yields on stocks and bonds; the dollar shows strength
* Economic optimism offset by concerns about US-China tensions. * Euro / dollar lower since November due to divergent COVID outlook * Oil Settles as Efforts to Refloat Stranded Tanker Suez Continue …
Read More »Germany warns third wave of coronavirus could be worst yet
BERLIN (Reuters) – The third wave of the coronavirus in Germany could be the worst yet and the possibility of 100,000 new infections a day is not ruled out, the director of …
Read More »Stocks and the dollar rise as the world’s costliest traffic jam rises
LONDON (Reuters) – Equity markets and the dollar zigzagged higher on Friday as hopes for an economic recovery and easing in global bond market yields during the week offset the strains of …
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