Virus infections creep up he stops Sports Events resuming and makes mass wary mandatory in more areas and he joined the manager of a tour of iras task force in israel the city where he works is a hot spot for the disease one of the poorest and most densely populated cities in the country. Thank you so much for your Company Everyone germany has joined a growing number of nations suspending their extradition treaties with Hong Kong Foreign minister said it was because of 2 decisions by the Hong Kong Government the 1st one to disqualify a dozen opposition candidates in the Legislative Council elections the 2nd to postpone those elections. Well the territorys chief executive kerry lamb announced that the september vote would be delayed by a year because of a spike in coronavirus cases but opposition lawmakers arent buying it they accuse the government of using the outbreak as a pretext to thwart the Pro Democracy Movement while the vote would have been hong kongs 1st since a controversial
The goto travel campaign, rather, offers discounts on transportation and accommodation and coupons that can be u used tourist facilities and souvenir shops. The government is urging travel agents and Hotel Operators to take thorough preventive measures and plans to delist businesses that do not follow the request. Translator we are offering cotton swabs to reduce the ris guests can use them tovoid rectly touching buttons. The number of iections has been on the rise across japan. 632 cases were reported on tuesday. Tokyo has been hit especially hard. In response, the government is excluding businesses and residents in the capital from the campaign. The announcement came after some in the capital had already made reservation. But the government says it will cover cancellation fees. Its also compensating travel agents and hotels for losses caused by cancellations. The head of one of japans biggest travel agencies is down playing the campaigns prospects. Jtb president says the decision to
The u. K. Does a uturn and bans huawei the u. K. Does a uturn and bans huawei from its 5g network. Shery breaking news out of south korea. We are getting the Unemployment Rate for the month of june coming in at 4. 3 . Now, this is lower than the estimate of 4. 5 . The Unemployment Rate falling from the previous month. We have seen a little bit of strength in the south korean economy with more positivity coming from that ramp up in government job creation efforts. Still, we have those negative effects from the pandemic with the hardhit hospitality and Retail Sectors continuing to reel. South korea losing jobs. Those removed in june from a year earlier. Still, the Unemployment Rate falling to 4. 3 . Lets get a quick check on how markets are trading at the moment. U. S. Futures rallying. We have after the market closed more positive news when it comes to the vaccine front from motor and a. In the regular session, we saw u. S. Stocks posting their biggest gains in more than a week. 7 . Thi
We are looking at currencies, strength coming through for the yuan. Dollar weakness is a big factor. Of the planthe back signed off or agreed to on 0. 1 . Us, the euro is up weaknessollar again, down 0. 2 . Hade is still value to be when it comes to chinas bonds, 2. 96 is the yield the. Is the yield. Gold is closing in on 1900 an its spot price. Future is pointing to 1900 in the near future. Il down 0. 7 demandweakness is a factor. Rishaad lets get some sense in all of this. Joining us is frank benzimra, head of asia equity strategy, societe generale. Thank you for joining us. How was your strategy evolving . The last couple of months europe become bullish on , and here politics is playing an Important Role in closing the gap in terms of undervaluation. In asia we have been reinforcing the view on hong kong liquidity. Our remaining strategy is on china. Is that all down to this Recovery Fund and what that presents in terms of a more united cents in europe and the eu itself . A relation
And azerbaijans of Foreign Ministers fired after fighting flares again on the border with armenia. A russian cyber spies have been accused of trying to steal research on a possible corona virus vaccine the u. K. U. S. And canada say hackers who are part of Russian Intelligence Services are attacking Research Institutions trying to develop a vaccine the British Government also says it has evidence of russia interfering in its 2900. 00 general election the kremlin has denied the allegations Charlie Rangel has more. Its a global race to find a vaccine for covert 19 and one country is accused of trying to cheat. The u. K. s National Cybersecurity center says Russian Hackers known as a p t 29 the jukes or cozy have tried to infiltrate coronavirus facilities to steal their work britain the u. S. And canada Whose Research into possible vaccines is quickly advancing have all been targeted to be targeting with Cyber Attacks the International Effort not just here in the u. K. But in kind of in t