World leaders try to salvage the iran 2015 Nuclear Agreement but little progress has been made and its for one of chinas says highest profile players has announced her retirement 5 time grand slam champion reassure a part of or is stepping away from the day at the age of 32. For the 1st time since the corona Virus Outbreak began the number of new infections outside china has exceeded the number within 37 countries have teles 427 new cases of beijing says its counted 411 earlier the World Health Organization warned immediate action is needed to prevent it becoming a pandemic where its widespread around the walt but the infection of her right appears to be slowing down and Mainland China where the outbreak. Again the virus is spreading through europe with new cases and from spain and germany the majority are initially 378 confirmed infections there and 12 deaths brazil has also just reported a case it is a latin americas 1st confirmed fiction the 61 year old had traveled to italy earlier
Ten points. The nasdaq off by 22. Crude oil prices were up sharply overnight, topping 40 a barrel. First time weve seen that in quite a while. That came after the announcement yesterday of a surprise job in u. S. Inventories. However, wti has turned around since then. Looks like we flipped that contract, too. If you were looking at 40 overnight, were now looking at the may contract. Thats a decline of 7 cents to 37. 69. It will be interesting to see how this new contract plays out. We did see a huge gain in crude oil prices yesterday. The other big mover this morning, currency. The dollar hitting a 17 hch month low against the yen. This came after the minutes from the last months fed meeting suggested that the central bank is unlikely to raise Interest Rates before june. There were a lot in these minutes, but most people are looking at the doves comments after what we heard from janet yellen just last week. Brian . Some corporate stories to talk to you about this morning. Just go right
Most difficult times that weve experienced in American Public health. Keeping the Health Care System from being overstretched i think is really going to be important. An updated model projects look at that, 224,000 u. S. Deaths from coronavirus by november. Another 90,000 people. As it stands, 38 states are battling increases in new cases. 27 states as a result are now push, pausing or rolling back the reopenings, and this virus shows no signs of slowing down, in fact, the opposite. Our teams are across the country monitoring this pandemic. Well begin in miami beach with cnns rosa flores. The Positivity Rate and the percentage of people who test positive for the infection, in that county, those numbers are startling. Reporter they are. Thats 31 , jim, and its not getting any better and mayors here in Miamidade County are very frustrated. There was a roundtable yesterday by mayors and the governor here in miamidade and these mayors were asking for more resources and Contact Tracing. The
The Trump Administration takes legal action to prevent the publication of a memoir by the president s former National Security advisorjohn bolton. And riding solo on a rollercoaster, theme parks are working out how to stay covid secure when they finally re open, but will the visitors return . The English Premier League makes a return later on wednesday. Aston villa will take on sheffield united, and Manchester City will play arsenal in the first matches since the beginning of march. 92 matches are being packed in to a0 days before the end of the season. But therell be no spectators in the grounds as our Sports Editor dan roan reports. Its the same competition but with a new look. Banners and seat coverings in place of supporters and the only fans inside, projected onto giant screens. We were granted exclusive access to villa park as it prepares to host the premier leagues eagerly awaited return and the man in charge here told me how much it meant. We do have the eyes of the world on us
Dengue fever has killed over 2,000 people in Brazil while almost 4.2 million cases of the malady have been confirmed this year in South America s largest country. The incidence rate of the disease is 2,056.9 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.