Sydney on Alert as Second Cluster of Covid-19 Cases Emerges A second cluster of Covid-19 infections has emerged in Sydney, prompting authorities to further tighten restrictions on New Year’s Eve parties in an effort to prevent a wider outbreak. Eighteen new local cases of the virus were reported overnight, New South Wales state Premier Gladys […]
Nigerian Stocks Head for Best Annual Run Since 2013 Nigerian stocks are headed for their highest annual gain in seven years riding on low yields in the country’s fixed-income market. The equities benchmark index in Africa’s largest economy recorded its highest return, rising 45.7% this year, the most among 93 equity indexes tracked by Bloomberg. […]
Gold Futures Up Slightly As Dollar Weakens Gold futures are swinging between gains and losses Tuesday morning, with traders looking for direction. Traders are looking ahead to the U.S. Senate vote on a proposal by President Donald Trump who demands to increase the amount of coronavirus relief checks from $600 to $2,000. The House of […]
Coronavirus | Skyways ties up with SpiceJet for vaccine transportation In addition, Skyways will also provide custom brokering services, wherever required in India, Germany and the U.S., it said Air freight forwarder Skyways Air Services on Monday said it has joined hands with budget carrier SpiceJet for transporting COVID-19 vaccine across India. Under the collaboration, […]
Stock markets scale new heights on positive global cues On the Sensex chart, Titan, SBI, L&T, IndusInd Bank, Ultratech Cement, HDFC Bank and Asian Paints were top gainers. Extending gains for the fourth straight session, benchmark gauges Sensex and Nifty raced to new peaks on Monday in line with broad-based rallies in global equities. The […]
Johnny Depp Wishes For “A Better Time Ahead” After “Hard” 2020 In Holiday Message To Fans Johnny Depp, who last month lost his high-profile label case against British newspaper The Sun over an article that called him a “wife beater,” posted a holiday message to his fans on Instagram Saturday. “This year has been so […]
Shooting At Illinois Bowling Alley Leaves 3 Dead, 3 Injured Rockford, Ill. (AP) — A gunman opened fire inside an Illinois bowling alley, killing three people and injuring three others Saturday night in what authorities believe was a random attack. A “person of interest” was taken into custody after the shooting at Don Carter Lanes, […]
Trump says he wants Congress to amend COVID-19 relief bill WASHINGTON, Dec 22 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he wants Congress to amend the coronavirus relief bill to raise the amount of stimulus checks and eliminate wasteful spending, among other issues. “The bill they are now planning to send back to my […]
Gold Eases As Dollar Gains Ground On Safe-haven Demand Gold prices fell slightly on Monday and the dollar pushed higher as Brexit talks remain deadlocked and many European nations halted flights to and fro from the U.K. amid unease over a new coronavirus strain that is shutting much of the United Kingdom. Spot gold dipped […]
Philippines to Start Vaccine Talks With Moderna by Year-End: CNN The Philippines will start talks with Moderna Inc. on or before Dec. 30 to secure supply of the company’s coronavirus vaccine, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin said Monday. “Moderna is interested in giving an allocation,” he said in a live-streamed interview with CNN Philippines, citing […]