Global markets have rallied in response to Saturday’s declaration that Joe Biden has won the US election. The end of uncertainty about the race’s outcome saw London’s FTSE 100 rise 1.5% to 5,994.58 points in early trade, with similar gains seen across Europe. Asian shares also jumped, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 climbing 2.1% to 24,839.84 […]
By Hilary George-Parkin9th November 2020 There are countless products to buy, but only some hit a vaulted status of ‘must have’. What propels a single item into being a sensation? E Early one rainy morning in June, hundreds of people lined up outside Uniqlo stores in Tokyo, clutching umbrellas and waiting for their chance to spend 990 […]
Coronavirus pandemic Prince Fumihito, the brother of Japan’s Emperor Naruhito, has been officially declared heir to the throne during a ceremony in Tokyo. Fumihito is six years younger than his brother Naruhito, who became monarch last year after their father abdicated. Emperor Naruhito has no sons and his daughter is barred from inheriting the throne, […]
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to work more closely with U.S. allies in confronting China on trade, and is seen as unlikely to roll back his predecessor’s tariffs on imported steel, aluminum, Chinese and European goods any time soon. “I’ve been told that if you close your eyes, you […]
By By Reuters staff YANGON (Reuters) – Myanmar voted in a general election on Sunday seen as a referendum on a fledgling democratic government that remains popular at home but which has seen its reputation collapse overseas amid allegations of genocide. Leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) is expected to win […]
US election 2020 The results are finally in and the world is reacting to the victory of Joe Biden over Donald Trump in the US presidential election. For days, people around the world have been glued to the White House race. It is not just the US that the election of a new president affects […]
US election 2020 Joe Biden has said it is “time to heal” the US in his first speech as president-elect, vowing “not to divide but to unify” the country. “Let’s give each other a chance,” he said at an event in Delaware addressing those who did not vote for him. Mr Biden defeated incumbent President […]
Soutik Biswas India correspondent Coronavirus pandemic In India’s boiling summers, temperatures can easily rise to 50C (122F). Nearly all vaccines need to be transported and distributed between 2C and 8C in what comprises the so-called cold chain. And most of the Covid-19 vaccines under development, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), will need to […]
War in Afghanistan (2001-present) A well-known former television presenter has been killed in a blast in Afghanistan that officials have blamed on militants linked to the Taliban. Yama Siawash was an anchor on the private TV channel Tolo News and had recently started work at the country’s central bank. He and two others were killed […]
By Lewis Krauskopf, Koh Gui Qing NEW YORK (Reuters) – Markets will welcome the certainty after major networks declared Democrat Joe Biden winner of the U.S. presidential election on Saturday, offering some relief after days of the country getting conflicting reports about who might be in the White House next term. News outlets and polling outlets […]
