Gold has extended its rally with prices reaching their highest level in more than seven years on investor concerns that the Covid-19 pandemic will have a devastating effect on the global economy. Futures are nearing $1,800 an ounce after trading in the $1,400s less than four weeks ago. Prices are now at their highest level...
Poland will gradually lift lockdown measures imposed to contain the novel coronavirus from April 19, starting with restrictions on convenience stores, the government said on Tuesday. It is also preparing to hold presidential elections by post on May 10. “From the 19th we will slowly start unfreezing the economy,” Health Minister Lukasz Szumowski told Polish...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) will likely delay the election of a new chief until December due to the coronavirus, according to current leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. “The nearer we get to the summer break with a possible special party conference, the less the need for a conference that will take place just...
Taiwan on Tuesday reported no new cases of the coronavirus for the first time in more than a month. Health experts have noted Taiwan's efforts, including introducing –as early as December 31– checks on passengers arriving from China's Wuhan city, where the first cases were reported late last year. The island has reported 393 cases...
China has approved clinical trials for two coronavirus vaccines, Xinhua reported on Tuesday, citing the country's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism, potentially paving a path to a cure for the lethal pathogen gripping the globe. Tests have already begun for both compounds. Developed by the China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) and the Beijing-based Sinovac Research...
As California and New York said they'd coordinate reopenings with neighboring states, mainstream US media suddenly rediscovered the virtue of federalism, while some online activists even cheered the notion of separatism. California Governor Gavin Newsom got the ball rolling Monday, by announcing his state would coordinate ending the coronavirus shutdown with the neighboring Oregon and...
A University of Wisconsin professor argues that it's “fatphobic” to be worried about gaining weight during these coronavirus pandemic lockdowns. The fact is a lot of people are afraid of getting fat, and they should be. I am a rather huge individual. I stand six feet, two inches tall and weigh a little over 350...
