As countries line up for Russia’s vaccine, not everyone is buying it

“Trust me. It’s safe.” Photo: Alexy Nikolsky/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Not to be outdone by Pfizer’s big announcement, Russia’s state-run Gamaleya Research Institute announced Wednesday that its Sputnik V vaccine is 92% effective. Why it matters: Experts have criticized the lack of … Read More

Biden Plans To Reopen America To Refugees After Trump Slashed Admissions

A Kurdish refugee mother and son from the Syrian town of Kobani walk beside their tent in a camp in the Turkish town of Suruc on the Turkish-Syrian border in 2014. President-elect Joe Biden aims to reverse the Trump administration’s … Read More

Europe COVID death toll tops 300,000 as winter looms and infections surge

(Reuters) – More than 300,000 people have died of COVID-19 across Europe, according to a Reuters tally on Tuesday and authorities fear that fatalities and infections will continue to rise as the region heads into winter despite hopes for a … Read More

China plans to overtake US as the world’s No 1 economy

Source: Pixabay Beijing’s 2035 vision for “basic socialist modernization” includes few specific targets and did not specifically mention the United States. China’s total economic size and per capita income “will climb to a new big level” by 2035, with significant … Read More

Up in smoke: Wildfires burn a hole in the economic pocketbook

Photo by: Noah Berger FILE – In this Sept. 28, 2020, file photo, a staircase remains at the Restaurant at Meadowood, which burned in the Glass Fire, in St. Helena, Calif. Harvest season in Northern California’s wine country draws millions … Read More

Yen plunges as traders add risk for future with vaccine, Biden

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Traders unloaded Japanese yen and bought riskier currencies and the U.S. dollar on Monday as market confidence in the economy and world trade increased with progress on a COVID-19 vaccine and the prospect of Joe Biden … Read More

Biden Presses Ahead Toward Presidency as Trump Braces for Fight

Trump supporters outside the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, U.S. on Sunday. , Bloomberg (Bloomberg) — President-elect Joe Biden is moving ahead with plans to address the coronavirus pandemic and shape his incoming administration, steps aimed at strengthening … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 6 November 2020

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6 November  2020 Greetings from Tyler, Our worst fears are playing out in real-time.  There are a lot of things we don’t know yet.  Who do we trust?  We’ve seen corruption in the media, corruption in Federal agencies, and now … Read More

Biden wins presidency, Trump denied second term in White House, Fox News projects

Biden ‘honored and humbled,’ Trump vows to keep fighting. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has defeated President Trump, denying him a second term after a bitter campaign and dramatic, prolonged vote count in battleground states that sparked a flurry of lawsuits. The Fox … Read More

Eurozone retail sales plunged in September – even before latest Covid lockdowns

posted in: European Union, News

Eurozone retail sales plunged in September – even before latest Covid lockdowns. A customer passes the closed toy department of a supermarket in Bordeaux on November 4. Supermarkets in the country have banned the sale of ‘non-essential products’. AFP Eurozone retail … Read More

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