Chip away at stock prices in asia as straight as a way to clarity on when the conflict will end hong kongs hang seng index slates north point 4 percent during festive trading because of concerns of a lack of progress in talks between the 2 sides markets in china also faulted on fears the dispute is pushing us towards a global recession stocks in the United States and it wednesday higher but remain lower for the month thanks to the trade war with beijing and the notorious inverted yield curve. And there is something to discuss now with our Financial Market correspondent ashutosh upon day who is standing by for us at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange could you please elaborate a bit for us on this inverted yield curve well its not thought it. Well typically governments be more money for boarding for a longer period of time to 10 years than they paid for 5 or 2 years and when you thats compensated for same flesh earn and also compensate investors for risking their money for a longer period of
The french president is calling on the European Union to do more to help the countrys economy after an unprecedented setback at the polls at the hands of the National Front. The former interior minister has been named the countrys new Prime Minister, part of a Cabinet Reshuffle after heavy losses in polls. In a televised speech he said he took personal responsibility for the election route and promised tax cuts and other promises for workers. French unemployment remains stubbornly high. More than 10 . Growth was just. 3 last year. A humiliating result for the french president. What does it mean for france . Lets bring our correspondent now in paris. Will the Cabinet Reshuffle make a difference . Well for the president i certainly hope so. After the dismal performance of the party in the elections he had to do something and do it quickly and this is the cabinet shuffle announced today. The person that paid the price frlt dismal promise has been the Prime Minister. He handed in his resig
A developing country’s greatest fear is to be the last in line for vaccination during a pandemic and this has happened before. African countries know it too well: when H5N1 hit in 2004 and later H1N1 in 2009, they were among the last to receive vaccines. The most developed countries made sure they could get large amounts that were later stored despite the promise of donation. Vaccine nationalism affects us all, and yet we’re seeing signs of it happening all over again.
Latin American scientists are battling this fear since the start of COVID-19. During the pandemic, students volunteered to produce safe equipment for the health care workers in their country, but scientists knew they needed to do more. Despite challenges faced, Latin American scientists made strong contributions that are beneficial not only their own countries but also to their neighbors.