Its 8am in singapore. Midnight in london and 9am in seoul where just days before the start of the Winter Olympics some of the athletes have been taking part in warm up matches. Not a big deal, but when its a team made up of north and South Koreans the world takes notice. A joint womens Ice Hockey Team played a friendly against sweden its being seen as a sign of reconciliation. In another move north koreas sending its highest ranking official for years to the south, leading a delegation on friday. Laura bicker reports from seoul. Fierce and determined, the korean players head onto the rink to prove they are notjust pawns in a political drama, or an experiment in sports diplomacy. They fight hard against high ranking sweden, willed on by a crowd eager to witness a piece of history, and waving the flag of a unified korea. Translation i was so touched. Ifeel so good because i felt the passion of the players, and it felt like we were one together. It was very meaningful to all of us, and es
Some sense of stability returned after last weeks market meltdown while tokyo hong kong and shanghai led a strong advance across asia investors continued to be anxious especially head of key u. S. Inflation data to be released wednesday some of the some of those concerns at such data could spark further volatile market moves almost anything could european stocks have seen a robust recovery also following the worst week in two years bringing back the bullish sentiment which has been buoyed this year by strong Economic Indicators and Company Quarterly reports the pan european stocks europe six hundred index rallied one point two percent including eighty seven percent of the stocks that make up the europe six hundred closing in positive territory plus other stocks stock exchanges in germany france and the u. K. Each rose by more than one percent. Just a little over a week ago markets were shaken to their core the Dow Jones Industrial average lost more than fifteen hundred points in just a
One point two percent including eighty seven percent of the stocks that make up the europe six hundred closing in positive territory plus other stocks stock exchanges in germany france and the u. K. Each rose by more than one percent. Just a little over a week ago markets were shaken to their core the Dow Jones Industrial average lost more than fifteen hundred points in just a single day why u. S. Investors felt the burn what was going on overseas in europe and asian markets well here to give us some more insight as hilary for the founder of mark henry thank you for being with us again were really pleased to have you whats going on in the rest of the world as we were in the middle of this market meltdown well great to be back on go i think there were actually waves of while the rest of the world tends to follow the u. S. And i would say that you know volatility bring volatility and thats what we feel now what did asia seems to recover is reported and that headlines and europe was on a
While i was lying in the hospital people came up to me and tried to convince me to become a suicide bomber. Just one pm in toronto seven pm in berlin. Right here in moscow this wednesday february fourth my names you know neil welcome to the program this day now we begin our bulletin in the u. S. Where a shooting incident has unfolded outside the National Security Agency Headquarters at fort meade several people have been taken to hospital according to this a statement but their injuries are not attributable to fire Authorities Say the incident is over control parties from your account bring just more. The shooting took place just outside the n. S. A. Headquarters at one of its secure entry gates and according to a statement from the n. S. A. Several people have been hospitalized and local reports say that a Security Guard was injured and then taken to the hospital immediately following the attack and we dont know the particulars regarding who was responsible but photos came out on soci
That reduction in greenhouse pollution would have the same effect as taking nine hundred fifty thousand cars off the road methane is twenty five times more powerful than Carbon Dioxide as a Greenhouse Gas and about a third of all u. S. Methane emissions are caused by oil and gas operations interior first two attempts to repeal face continued Court Challenges the latest attempt will be subject to a sixty day Comment Period after publication in what is called the federal register where we can all read about it. And stock markets in asia rallied today as some sense of stability returned after last weeks market meltdown while tokyo hong kong and shanghai led a strong advance across asia investors continued to be anxious especially head of key u. S. Inflation data to be released wednesday some of the some of those concerned that such data could spark further volatile market moves almost anything could european stocks have seen a robust recovery also following the worst week in two years bri