European stocks pulled back on Tuesday as a spike in coronavirus cases started to weigh on global market sentiment.The pan-European Stoxx 600 dropped 1.1% by early afternoon, with tech stocks shedding 3.1% to lead losses while telecoms bucked the trend to add 1.2%.European markets are following their global counterparts lower Tuesday as virus cases spike…
Right NowRenault announces plans to slash jobs and auto production.Markets fall as U.S.-China tensions rise.U.S. stock futures followed European markets lower on Friday as tensions worsened between Washington and Beijing.Futures for the S&P 500 were negative, predicting that Wall Street would open down at the start of trading. European stocks were down more than 1…
Investors fear move will further heighten tensions between Beijing and Washington China also announced it was not setting a growth target for this year. Photograph: Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Fears that moves by China to tighten its political control over Hong Kong will lead to heightened tensions between Beijing and Washington have prompted a sharp sell-off on…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. A shocking graphic video posted on Twitter this week shows conditions in Asian “wet markets” haven’t changed despite a coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 307,000 people worldwide.The images, posted by PETA Asia, show pigs, frogs, eels, monkeys, rabbits…
European stocks retreated Thursday with investors pausing to digest an economic warning from the U.S. Federal Reserve's Chairman Jerome Powell.The pan-European Stoxx 600 dropped 0.8% in early trade, with basic resources shedding 1.3% to lead losses as all sectors and major bourses slid into negative territory.Declines at the open in Europe come after Powell said Wednesday…
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…