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European stocks crash as spread of coronavirus explodes across continent

European stocks crash as spread of coronavirus explodes across continent European markets opened significantly lower on Friday, ignoring all the stimulus pledges by governments this week, as the deadly Covid-19 pandemic continues to spread. Europe now accounts for more than half of global infections. Britain’s FTSE 100 is plummeting more than three percent during early trading in London. Stock markets in Germany and France are down over two percent. The market fall comes as EU leaders fail to come to an agreement over the economic response to the coronavirus pandemic. During a video conference summit on Thursday, the leaders of the 27-member bloc argued over how to pull their economies through the crisis, with Italy accusing other member states of hav...

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France trying to repatriate 30,000 of its nationals – FM

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France trying to repatriate 30,000 of its nationals – FM France is still trying to repatriate 30,000 of its citizens from overseas due to the coronavirus, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Friday. Over the last week, France has brought home around 100,000 people, the minister told Europe 1 radio. Malaysia and France have organized chartered flights to fly out hundreds of their citizens stranded in Cambodia after the Southeast Asian nation sealed its borders and cancelled flights, Reuters reported. A special charter flight departed on Thursday with 413 French people on board. Another 100 French nationals will be leaving Cambodia on Saturday and many more will be leaving in the next two days aboard regular commercial flights. Malaysia also sent a special plane to take ho...

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Great Depression 2.0? US may be headed for HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT EVER

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Great Depression 2.0? US may be headed for HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT EVER The coronavirus pandemic will push the US jobless rate even higher than it was during the Great Depression if all the gloomy forecasts are true, Roger Farmer, an economist at the University of Warwick, believes. Earlier this week, a US Federal Reserve official predicted that the outbreak will leave 30 percent of Americans jobless while the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) will fall by 50 percent. According to James Bullard, president of the St. Louis branch of the US Federal Reserve Bank, that could happen quite soon – in the second quarter of this year. Also on rt.com Covid-19 lockdown threatens to destroy 37 MILLION jobs in US “If th...

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China registers first local Covid-19 infection in 3 days as Beijing curbs international travel in hopes of halting imported cases

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China registers first local Covid-19 infection in 3 days as Beijing curbs international travel in hopes of halting imported cases China reported its first locally transmitted coronavirus infection in half a week as officials continue to struggle with cases coming from abroad. Beijing has cut the number of flights allowed in and out of the country. Fifty-five new Covid-19 cases were reported across mainland China on Thursday, according to the latest figures from the country’s National Health Commission. All but one of the infections involved imported cases. While China has been largely successful in stopping the spread of the virus, the country has wrestled with cases arriving from abroad. Beijing announced on Thursday that Chinese airlines will be all...

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Germany’s Covid-19 cases jump by 5,700+ in a single day with death toll up by 55

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Germany’s Covid-19 cases jump by 5,700+ in a single day with death toll up by 55 5,720 new cases of Covid-19 have been recorded across Germany, along with 55 new deaths, the federal Robert Koch Institute (RKI), which releases daily monitoring of the disease, announced on Thursday. The total amount of confirmed cases of coronavirus grew from 36,508 to 42,288 over a single day, according to the RKI. With 55 new deaths, the nation’s death toll is now at 253. Despite being one of the worst-hit countries in terms of infection levels, Germany has been an outlier when it comes to its fatality rate, which is around half a percent. Also on rt.com European solidarity? Germany offers to take in a few dozen of Italy’s 80,000+ C...

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Trump signs TAIPEI Act, threatening ‘consequences’ for nations that fail to toe US line on Taiwan

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Trump signs TAIPEI Act, threatening ‘consequences’ for nations that fail to toe US line on Taiwan US President Donald Trump has signed the TAIPEI Act, a bill expressing American support for Taiwan and vowing to punish countries that side with Beijing on the issue, a move which is bound to further strain US-China relations. Signed into law late on Thursday night, the bill requires the US State Department to help Taiwan strengthen diplomatic ties in the Indo-Pacific region, threatening to penalize nations that “undermine the security or prosperity” of the Chinese territory. Trump Signs TAIPEI ActOn March 26, 2020, @POTUS DONALD. J. Trump signed the Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative "TAIPEI" Act of 2019, refer...

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‘I read same reports as you’: US State Dept accuses China of putting conditions on Covid-19 aid, cites media when pressed on proof

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‘I read same reports as you’: US State Dept accuses China of putting conditions on Covid-19 aid, cites media when pressed on proof The US State Department has accused Beijing of attaching ‘“strings” to aid given to countries battling Covid-19, but was unable to name specifics, only citing press reports, while also invoking a Chinese “coverup.” Senior State Department official James Richardson – who runs the Office of Foreign Assistance Resources – levied the charges to reporters during a briefing on Thursday night. Calling on China to provide “no-strings-attached” assistance, Richardson suggested Beijing had placed conditions on its coronavirus aid. When asked to elaborate, however, the official punted, confessing he had no specific evidence and was m...

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2 Florida poll workers test positive for coronavirus, elections office urges in-person voters to ‘seek medical advice’

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2 Florida poll workers test positive for coronavirus, elections office urges in-person voters to ‘seek medical advice’ Local officials in Florida have advised some residents who cast ballots in the state’s primary to see their doctors after two poll workers tested positive for Covid-19, despite authorities insisting there was no risk to voters. The two election staffers manned separate polling stations in Broward County – Florida’s second largest, with some 2 million residents – and were confirmed to carry the illness on Thursday, according to local authorities. “County staff as well as other poll workers at those locations have been notified of the situation and have been advised to take appropriate steps,” Broward County’s supervisor of elections ...

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Rocket lands near Baghdad's Green Zone, US helicopters scrambled – reports

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Rocket lands near Baghdad's Green Zone, US helicopters scrambled – reports At least one rocket was fired in the vicinity of the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, where the American Embassy is located, according to local reports. Military aircraft were spotted hovering in the area shortly after. The explosion rocked the Iraqi capital early on Friday morning local time, according to Al-Arabiya, with some reports stating a “massive” number of armed American helicopters were spotted circling over the area afterward. #BREAKING #NOW A violent explosion shakes the Iraqi capital, #Baghdad, followed by a massive flight of American helicopters.#Iraq #USA #PMU #Iran #IRGC pic.twitter.com/xZOqY2EYJI— Eva J. Koulouriotis - إيفا كولوريوتي (@ev...

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European solidarity? Germany offers to take in a few dozen of Italy’s 80,000+ Covid-19 patients in hollow goodwill gesture

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European solidarity? Germany offers to take in a few dozen of Italy’s 80,000+ Covid-19 patients in hollow goodwill gesture Germany has offered to take in a handful of coronavirus patients from pandemic-stricken Italy, weeks after the country’s overloaded healthcare system most needed help. Is this belated remorse or just adding insult to injury? German hospitals “with spare capacity” will open their doors to “at least 47” of Italy’s 80,589 coronavirus patients in a sign of European solidarity, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas announced on Thursday in a statement that appeared to be entirely devoid of self-awareness or irony. We stand by our Italian friends. We can only manage this together. Also on rt.com Not enough...

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