Europe prepares to ease coronavirus lockdowns
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Global downturn due to coronavirus ‘way worse’ than global financial crisis: IMF
WASHINGTON/GENEVA (Reuters) – The coronavirus pandemic has brought the global economy to a standstill and plunged the world into a recession that will be “way worse” than the global financial Continue Reading
China Pushes for Quiet Burials Amid Questioning Over Death Toll
Hector Retamal/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Liu Pei’en held the small wooden box that contained his father’s remains. Only two months ago, he had helplessly clutched his father’s frail hand Continue Reading
China’s Plan To Capitalize On The Oil Price War
China is hurting. The entire global economy has taken a huge hit from the spread of the coronavirus, but so far none have been hit as hard as China, where Continue Reading
Battery Metals Take A Hit As China’s EV Boom Grinds To A Halt
The slowdown in China’s electric vehicle sector could have knock-on effects on the battery metals market in both the short and long run, commodities analysts at Argus Media said in Continue Reading
Global Coronavirus Cases Top One Million, as Economic Toll Mounts
Confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus world-wide surpassed one million Thursday, a grim milestone for the pandemic as governments deploy increasingly stringent measures to battle its spread and a record Continue Reading
C.I.A. Hunts for Authentic Virus Totals in China, Dismissing Government Tallies
The C.I.A. has been warning the White House since at least early February that China has vastly understated its coronavirus infections and that its count could not be relied upon Continue Reading
China’s Middle East crude shipments to independent refiners jump 59% in Mar
China’s independent refineries’ crude imports from the Middle East jumped 59% on the month in March, with Saudi Arabian shipments climbing to the top second place, a monthly survey by Continue Reading
Putin extends Russia’s coronavirus non-working period until April 30
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday prolonged until April 30 a paid non-working period across Russia, stepping up measures to stem the spread of coronavirus just a week after the Kremlin Continue Reading
‘The Fields Heal Everyone’: Post-Soviet Leaders’ Coronavirus Denial
The leaders of several former Soviet republics in Central Asia and elsewhere are still denying the severity of the coronavirus pandemic , weeks after most other governments abandoned that approach. Continue Reading