Associated Press Published: July 16, 2020 at 5:19 a.m. ET Stocks off the most in Shanghai, Hong Kong A woman exercises during sunrise on the promenade on the Bund along the Huangpu River in Shanghai. AFP/Getty Images Shares retreated in Asia on Thursday as investors mulled figures showing China’s economy returned to growth in the…
Stocks in Asia Pacific were higher in Monday morning trade, with stocks in mainland China leading gains regionally.The Shanghai composite soared 3.97% in morning trade while the Shenzhen component rose 2.949%. The Shenzhen composite also jumped 2.781% Amber Hill Capital's Jackson Wong told CNBC in an email that "bull sentiment" in mainland Chinese shares was "driving the markets."Wong,…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…