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 being U.S. president. The yen, which had become a favored safe-haven, suffered its biggest loss…
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 his claim on the White House even as President Donald Trump continues to dispute the…
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 there is apparent corruption in the electoral system. So we’re waiting with bated breath to…
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 News Decision Desk projected Saturday that Biden will win the state of Nevada and the…
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 sales dropped 2 percent on the month in September, a bigger-than-expected decline as purchases across…
Police officers inspect mask compliance at the Pariser Platz in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany (Markus Schreiber/AP) Germany has recorded nearly 20,000 new coronavirus cases in one day, its highest level yet. The national disease control centre, the Robert Koch Institute, on Thursday said 19,990 infections had been confirmed in the past…
Judge issues injunction restraining the Gov. from any more unconstitutional orders. Assemblymen Kiley and Gallagher. (Photo: Katy Grimes for California Globe) California Assemblymen Kevin Kiley and James Gallagher sued to stop California Governor Gavin Newsom’s “one-man rule,” as California Globe has reported over several months. They were in Sutter County Superior Court October 21st, arguing that…
Mark Morgan, the acting commissioner for Customs and Border Protection, touted President Donald Trump’s border policies during a press conference at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson on 2 November 2020 – Rafael Carranza/The Republic. TUCSON — Two senior Homeland Security officials traveled to southern Arizona Monday to decry censorship and tout the Trump administration’s achievements…
Migrants at the Kara Tepe refugee camp, on the island of Lesbos, Greece. Around 7,600 refugees and migrants have settled at the new tent city after successive fires on September 9 devastated the Moria refugee camp. Picture: Panagiotis Balaskas/AP Several weeks ago, Moria, Europe’s biggest refugee camp, was burnt to the ground. Less than two…
Irancoronacoron Recently Ali Khamenei, the Iranian regime’s supreme leader, warned his faction about recent infighting and their threats against Hassan Rouhani, the regime’s president. What do Khamenei’s warnings, as the regime’s highest authority, mean? After eight months of absence and quarantining himself, Khamenei met with the National Covid-19 Task Force on Saturday. Khamenei, who had…