Morales. Also ahead united against science well look at whats driving the movement in germany against karun virus restriction is. Our top story the head of the u. N. Food agency says hes worried lebanon could run out of bread in about 2 and a half weeks David Beasleys in beirut assessing the impact of last weeks catastrophic port blast he spoke during a un briefing on the humanitarian situation there 85 percent of lebanons grain came through the devastated port the World Food Program says it sent in 50000 tons of wheat flour to beirut to stabilize lebanon supply lines to be easily says some of beirut port could be reopened quickly to restart imports kristen salumi is in new york explaining what else was discussed during that briefing. This was a chance for the humanitarian affairs chief to brief members states on the situation on the ground in lebanon and the International Response so far secretary general antonio terus called it a huge catastrophe coming on the heels of the socioecono
India may miss growth targets as the virus cripples the outlook. Intel plunged after its new chip reduction process was delayed again. The company is under pressure as customers increasingly turn to rivals for chips. We are just getting pmi data out of australia crossing the bloomberg. The pmi actually rising to a record high in july. This is a preliminary number for services coming in at 58. 5. Manufacturing pmi also higher, 53. 4 from 51. 2. Composite at 57. 9. A big jump from the 52. 7 in the previous reading. That returnecting to some semblance of normality as part of australia exit the stricter lockdown. Going forward will be key given we are seeing a fresh sixweek lockdown from victoria. Lets take a look at how we are setting up this friday session. U. S. Stocks falling to the lowest in about a week after unexpectedly high jobless claims rekindling worries of the economic recovery stalling. We are seeing more recovery when it comes to trading in futures contracts come up about. 2
Officials are asking residents and businesses to refrain from holding parties of five people or more for most of next month. The governor says the number limit was chosen after the Central Government issued vague guidelines around gatherings. Translator the message isnt very clear, so we thought we should present a concrete figure. Aichi reported 167 infections. The highest daily figure since the pandemic began. The southern prefecture of okinawa registered for a third day in a row. But its more than double the tuesdayly ltally. Now a hospital worker became the first person cononfirmed to be infected on the remote island. There are concerns whether hospitals in isolated areas will be able to cope if theres an outbreak. Tokyo continues to be the biggest hot spot with 250 cases on wednesday. The daily figure has been above 200 every day in the past week except once. In total more than 34,000 coronavirus cases have been confirmed across the country. More than 1,000 people have died. Europ
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U. S. Took preemptive action in terms of export controls for the city. Yvonne the one thing the chief executive has said is u. S. Sanctions will not scare us. That is the latest response from carrie lam. Given what weve heard from the u. S. Recently when sanctioned chinese officials over the security law, and also now as you mentioned, paring back trading benefits that hong kong has enjoyed with the u. S. As well. The market seems to be overshadowed by better data. Pretty early when it comes to pmi data in china that came out at the top of the hour. It seems like at this point its really about the fundamentals more than the politics that is driving this rebound we are seeing in risk assets today. Look at the asiapacific benchmark, up 1 . Set for the best quarter since 2009. Still, asian stocks have not really recouped most of the losses we saw in the First Quarter, but certainly u. S. Futures pointing positive as well. The hang seng still up 194 points despite what we have been hearing