Trumps controversial comments about china. More than 200000 people have been infected by the corona virus globally but there is cause for hope in china it is reporting no new local cases for the 1st time since operate began in december rwanda who by a province which has seen 3130 deaths has 0 new local infections all of the new cases 34 of them involve people arriving in the country. It was yellow eventually we are delighted to see this double 0 increase this means today weve seen the dawn after so many days of hard efforts it also means a control measures and medical treatment methods have been booking but he well but things have this. Harry races in europe the current epicenter of the pandemic it leave recorded 475 deaths on wednesday thats the highest number of fatalities on a single day for any nation since the outbreak began in china in the u. S. President donald trump has taken another drastic measure to tackle covered 19 by invoking the defense production act the wartime step al
And its opening up a host of opportunities for all sorts of what one might call green dealings a Carbon Neutral e. U. Too bad europe did away with so much of its forests long ago today we know that trees are important for soaking up c o 2 so it seems crazy that the forestation is rampant in places like brazil and indonesia some of the most beautiful places in the world maybe all is not lost though let me introduce you to a former investment banker whos now fighting to preserve the rain forests of borneo. This tropical rain forest has stood for millennia but human beings would need very little to. Time to destroy it driven by the desire to make money. Just like any other bankers who came to work i was actually doing real estate underwriting so we do a lot of lending money through the companies and thats what i do making out to to make profit everyday from a typical banker perspective and done so no harm is heading out to his rain forest in borneo and it covers an area twice the size of
Course thats only temporary and thats why the European Union is working on implementing a new green deal with the aim of becoming the 1st climate neutral continent by 2050 and its opening up a host of opportunities for all sorts of what one might call green dealings a Carbon Neutral e. U. Too bad europe did away with so much of its forests long ago today we know that trees are important for soaking up c o 2 so it seems crazy that the forestation is rampant in places like brazil and indonesia some of the most beautiful places in the world maybe all is not lost though let me introduce you to a former investment banker whos now fighting to preserve the rainforests of borneo. This tropical rain forest has stood for. But human beings would need very little time to destroy it driven by the desire to make money the. First few came through or i was. Lending money through. Is heading out to his rain forest in borneo it covers an area twice the size of new york city. Hes bought the rights to the
Viewers like you. Thank you. This is bbc worl news america. E death toll from the coronavirus in italy overtakes china. President trump says he is slashinged tape to get drugs to those infected but he insisto help ithe way. We are working on scaling these to allowan more americans to access different drugs that have shown really good promise. Plus, selfisolating with lifelong friends and how they are making the most of their coronavirus clamp dowve wine. Ha a supply of cheers. [laughter] for those you watching on pbs world. U. S. And around the news from italy, more people have died from the coronavirus there than in chinah emgedrom chi. Li g no new infections. Italians are subject to an extended lockdown. Ts have reprom rome. In this theater of war, the heroes hardly rest. Northern italy is seeing the highest rises. The hospital is overwhelmed but resilient. A strg commitment from all doctors and nurses and come in even when they are not on shift. After they are on at nhe,y t cr never
Dragged down by the more powerful bond market taking 357 points, s p falling. 82 nasdaq advanced a basis point, stunning comback but lets not get too carried away, still the worst woke for the averages since the financial crisis the bond market is bigger than the stock market we dont talk about it because its boring. But its important to the direction of your portfolio. Everythings wrapped up in bond yields always has been. I learned that 40 years ago. There are multibillion dollar programs that sell stocks whenever those yields go down. Its form got as lows a 1. 1 today, closing at 1. 16 thats a record low level, signaling the economy is growing weaker, and quality investors hide money in fixed income, coronavirus supply chain the bond market is screams that the coronavirus is far worse than most people realize Global Commerce will take a real hit and it might even be something similar to 2008 when all hell broke loose i cant tell you whether the bond market is right im not an epidemi