Biden participated from his home state of delaware and will give his acceptance speech on thursday. Democrats also adopted a Party Platform that promises a fairer economy. On wednesday bidens running mate senator Kamala Harris is scheduled to speak. She is the first black woman to run for Vice President on a major party ticket. Crowds of holiday makers at events and Leisure Facilities in countries such as china and france are debating over the risk of further spreading the coronavirus. People in wuhan crowded into a huge Swimming Pool without masks for a music event. The city was the scene of the first coronavirus outbreak. Organizers say the crowd was only half the venues capacity. Some criticized them saying they are repeating mistakes despite thousands of deaths. In western france, a history themed Amusement Park is under fire after nearly 9,000 people gathered there for a shore on saturday. Local media report that officials allegedly gave organizers special consideration because it
We pride ourselves here at the library among other things on the timeliness and the relevance of our signature programming. Whether were holding forums on local issues or addressing emerging or hot button national topics. He didnt intend on the particular timeliness of tonights presentation. Christopher leonard was a busy man at the end of last week. Taking reporters calls and wrote a coup of oped articles after the death of david koch. Chris spent eight near in the the kochland, the place and the title of his book, pulling back the curtain on the extraordinary Business Empire and the potent Political Network that was put toth by the david koch and his older brother, charles, from their base three hours down the road in wichita. Anybody here had a chance to read the book yet . So, you wont understand but youll knee immediately when you get into it, as you get into it, what im talking about. Its daunting when you pick it up. Its 574 pages and thats before you get to the noteses appendix
Surveillance. I am Francine Lacqua. These are your markets. A lot of these european stocks higher at the opening. Now they are down a touch. Lets call it flat. I am looking at oil. A lot of the picture is contingent surrounding iran so you see a little bit of a lift up for american crude. What is going on with these european markets and you are seeing it reflected in yen. Yen is the one story that is the haven. Any risk attitude is reflected on yen. European stocks, a lot of investors are looking at these amounting into political risks. Ifore getting some figures. The german index, 97. 4. We get up around we get the with hernan a cristerna. Lets get to the bloomberg first word news in new york city. The drumbeat for Federal Reserve rate cut is getting louder. Minneapolis fed president says he called for a reduction at last weeks meeting. These comments reinforcing expectations the central bank is on course to cut rates. Trump says he would be able to demote fed chairman if he wanted to
Budget deficit of 3 of gdp which some say is uninspiring. The csi 300 index reversing earlier losses, now boosted after li qiang talked about plans for urbanization and regional development. Traders say while they are not many bright spots, what is important is that there are no scares. The benchmark is really low. Csi eking out gains so far, no abnormal etf trades, so perhaps the National Team is not in play. Hang seng index currently down 2. 5 , were keeping an eye on the nikkei 22, now below the 40,000 level. Our focus is on china premier li qiang presenting his work report to kickoff the npc with a growth target of 5 for the year. Lets listen. In setting these targets, we considered evolving dynamic at home and abroad, and other relevant factors. And it is not easy for us to realize these targets. We need policy support. And a joint effort from all. Haslinda chinese assets showing stability, csi 300 zero point 4 higher, the hang seng under pressure, the yuan 7. 2096, stable but sup
Current agenda, the joint group of troops solves problems in accordance with the plan of a special military operation. Vladimir putin visited the headquarters of the armed forces in rostov nadon, where he was informed about the progress of the army. The president spoke with the chief of the general staff, as well as with other representatives of the Senior Leadership of the ministry of defense. The head of state came to the military late the evening before , returning from perm. A comrade in the group decides to set up a plan in accordance with the operation plan. Good evening. The Investigative Committee presented in absentia accusation of genocide against the ukrainian nationalist yaroslav gonko, who now calls himself hunka. As the department reported, the issue of putting the eightyearold sss on the International Wanted list is now being decided. The investigation sent requests for Legal Assistance to. Poland and belarus. Investigators obtained data from the state archive and the ce