The Biden administration is considering sending a high-level official to Kyiv to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The report on Wednesday said that the US administration has made no final decision about who to send to Kyiv but it could be President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, or Defense […]
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Global stocks rally on treatment hopes, currencies await ECB
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Asian stocks rose to a fresh seven-week high on Thursday, lifted by encouraging early results from a COVID-19 treatment trial, though bonds and currencies held cautious ranges ahead of a European Central Bank meeting later in the day. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease official, said Gilead’s antiviral remdesivir will […]
Europe Weakens as Economic Damage Mounts
By Administrator_India Capital Sands European stock markets weakened Wednesday, after a five-day rally, as investors reined in their bets on a swift and thorough economic rebound later in the year. At 3:45 AM ET (0745 GMT), the U.K.’s FTSE index traded 1.2% lower, France’s CAC 40 was down 1.3%, while the DAX fell 1.6%. The broader based Stoxx 600 Europe index climbed 2%. […]
Trump cuts WHO funding over coronavirus, global death toll mounts
By Administrator_India, Capital Sands U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday halted funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, drawing condemnation from infectious disease experts as the global death toll continued to mount. Trump, who has reacted angrily to criticism of his administration’s response to the worst epidemic in a […]