Global efforts continue in the race for a covert 19 vaccine or even a treatment that could help probable pull the pandemic will british regulators approve a global trial to restart testing drug sykora quinn and chloroquine to see if they can prevent infection with cobra 19 well the food and Drug Administration revoked emergency use for the drug after a trial showed they did not benefit as treatments but this cop called trial its going to look to see if the drug can be used as a potential preventative medicine meanwhile on tuesday the european writing concerns over the recent krone virus bikes across the country will russia and brazil are also barred the list of countries deemed safe include australia canada japan new zealand and south korea will the u. S. Still leads with the highest number of kate. Says more than 2600000. 00 americans have been infected with the virus leading to more than 125000 deaths and the country that accounts for only 4 percent of the worlds population is also a
Taliban to kill american soldiers. And mourning in the streets or vote is out about a popular ethiopian singer known for his political songs is shot dead. China has imposed a new security law on hong kong 23 years after it took back control from britain promised a one country 2 systems policy is being signed by president xi jinping and its now in full force critics say the legislation erodes hong kongs freedoms and shatters its status as a Major International Financial Center a jim brown reports from hong kong. It normally takes a year for Chinas Parliament to pass legislation this time it happened in record time just 40 days the new security law completed its passage after a vote by the countrys most powerful political body the Standing Committee of the National Peoples congress in Hong Kong China supporters were also celebrating before the news that even being confirmed. A contentious measure the busy divided the city was once more defended by its chief executive the legislation oppo
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Surge here. Well speak with the mayor in miami and about the spike with the virus. And an ammicable separation. Match group completing the spinoff. Parent company iac last week theyll discuss the strategy Going Forward and Online Dating during the pandemic. Lets focus on the big stories of bob pisani has the stories. Meg terrell has updates on the coronavirus and Brian Sullivan is covering Warren Buffetts new bet on the energy space. Bob, lets start with you and the markets. Yeah. The important thing about today is were up nicely but were up on lighter volume it is deteriorating a little bit from the earlier part of the day. Were once again falling back upon dependence on the mega cap tech names technology, computer services, Consumer Discretionary all of them tech oriented or continuing to lead the overall market Consumer Discretionary as i mentioned, banks still on the upside not as much as the overall Market Energy has fallen back that was an early leader i keep mentioning the mega
Taliban to kill american soldiers. And mourning in the streets of addis ababa a popular ethiopian singer known for his political songs is shot dead. Small groups of protesters have been started to gather in hong kong hours after china imposed a sweeping National Security law that is expected to reshape the citys future that i just station came into effect on the eve of the 23rd anniversary of hong kongs return to chinese rule mass antigovernment protests on this day have been an annual event in the past. Chinese legislators drafted hong kongs National Security law in secret without any input from the citys legislature and at record speed its details became known only after it was inactive a law will punish loosely defined crimes such as subversion secession and collusion and sentences of up to life imprisonment the law also means that anybody either people in hong kong or foreigners could face prosecution for offenses committed outside the city foreign officials or academics who public