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Written by Gabriel HerveyFebruary 9, 2021
Oil Rises 1%, Hits Highest in a Year on Growth Hopes, OPEC+ Output Cuts | Investing News
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices rose about 1% on Friday, after hitting their highest in a year and closing in on $60 a barrel, supported by economic revival hopes and supply curbs by producer group OPEC and its allies. Oil was also supported as U.S. stock markets hit record highs on signs of progress
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 15, 2020
US hits record 2,228 COVID-19 deaths in a day
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WASHINGTON: The United States recorded 2,228 deaths related to COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University as of Tuesday (Apr 14) night. The number of fatalities was a sharp increase after two days in decline. Advertisement Advertisement The COVID-19 outbreak has now claimed the lives of at least 25,757
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
COVID-19: Virus-hit Carnival cruise ship docks in Australia as country’s death toll hits 39
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SYDNEY: Carnival Corp’s troubled Ruby Princess cruise liner, the biggest single source of coronavirus infections in Australia, docked south of Sydney on Monday (Apr 6) to get help for sick crew members requiring urgent medical treatment. The Ruby Princess, now the target of a criminal investigation led by the homicide squad in the state of
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 4, 2020
SAF making thousands of calls a day to contact trace, check stay-home compliance as COVID-19 fight hits ‘critical juncture’
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SINGAPORE: The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is making between 1,000 to 2,000 calls a day to help contact trace and check compliance with stay-home notices as the Government ramps up measures to tackle COVID-19. The daily operation, which started on Jan 28 with calls to travellers from Hubei province, involves more than 1,300 servicemen and non-uniformed personnel.
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 31, 2020
Coronavirus hits hundreds of US police amid protective gear shortages
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NEW YORK: When nine police officers showed up to make an arrest near Melrose Avenue in the Bronx last Wednesday, none wore a mask or gloves to protect them from coronavirus. Similar scenes play out all over the city daily – officers making arrests, walking their beats and responding to 911 calls without protective gear, according
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 26, 2020
Singapore’s economy contracts by 2.2% in Q1 as COVID-19 outbreak hits construction, services sectors
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SINGAPORE: The Singapore economy contracted by 2.2 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter, as the COVID-19 outbreak and global measures to prevent its spread threw a wrench in the construction and services industries, according to flash estimates released on Thursday (Mar 26). This is the worst contraction since the global financial crisis in 2009, and compares with the
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 26, 2020
Fake cures, risky rumours: COVID-19 misinformation hits home
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HONG KONG: From being duped into taking poisonous “cures”, to watching businesses crumble and avoiding life-saving medication, people are suffering devastating real-world impacts of a deluge of online virus misinformation. As the new coronavirus that has killed more than 20,000 people causes markets to crash and sets scientists scrambling for a solution, rumours and false
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 17, 2020
Coronavirus kills senior cleric as Iran toll hits 853
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TEHRAN: The novel coronavirus killed a top Iranian cleric on Monday (Mar 16), the Islamic republic said as it reported yet another record high single-day death toll in one of the world’s worst-hit countries. The latest 129 deaths brought the overall toll to 853 fatalities among nearly 15,000 infections since Feb 19, when the government announced
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 16, 2020
US coronavirus death toll hits 62 as Americans urged to hunker down more
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WASHINGTON: No more 24-hour Walmarts due to panic buying, chaos at airports as Americans flood back into the country and places of comfort such as bars, restaurants and movie theatres may soon be off limits as the coronavirus spreads across the United States. “I think Americans should be prepared that they are going to have
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 12, 2020
Airline stocks nosedive as US travel ban hits EU travel industry
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PARIS: Europe’s travel sector reacted with dismay on Thursday (Mar 12) to a US-imposed trans-Atlantic travel ban with the share price of major airlines going into free fall. President Donald Trump said the measure would stem the spread of coronavirus, but an EU diplomat in Brussels called it “erratic”. Advertisement Advertisement READ: US to suspend
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
‘It’s pandemonium’: Coronavirus panic-buying hits Los Angeles
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LOS ANGELES: Sprinting shoppers, rationed mineral water and not a roll of toilet paper to be seen: panic-buying sparked by the new coronavirus soared in Los Angeles this week. Two days after California declared a statewide emergency, wholesale stores visited by AFP on Friday (Mar 6) were unable to keep up with soaring demand for
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
Sanders hits Biden over Social Security, trade, as new US presidential contests loom
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WASHINGTON: Two former presidential rivals endorsed Joe Biden on Friday (Mar 6) in the latest sign that the Democratic establishment is coalescing around the former vice president to stop the candidacy of Bernie Sanders, who ratcheted up attacks on his rival ahead of crucial contests next week. Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and John Delaney, a
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
Spain virus death toll hits eight as infections jump
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MADRID: Spain reported five new deaths due to the novel coronavirus on Friday (Mar 6), bringing the toll to eight as officials shuttered elderly care centres across Madrid after a spike in cases. The disease claimed the lives of three elderly men in the Madrid region, as well as that of an 87-year-old woman in Badalona
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 6, 2020
COVID-19 death toll hits 12 in US, helicopter flies test kits to cruise ship
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WASHINGTON: The death toll from coronavirus in the United States rose to 12 on Thursday (Mar 5) with the latest fatality recorded in King County, Washington, and 53 new cases broke out across the country, striking for the first time in Colorado, Tennessee, Texas and San Francisco. A helicopter flew testing kits to a cruise
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