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FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, walks on a pedestrian overpass at a business district in Tokyo, Japan, May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon November 27, 2020 By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Core consumer prices in Tokyo suffered their biggest annual drop in more than eight … Continue reading Japan’s capital sees prices fall most in over eight years as COVID-19 pain persists

FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak walks at a shopping district in Tokyo, Japan August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon November 27, 2020 By Daniel Leussink and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s ruling party will urge the government to lay out a big, decade-long spending programme … Continue reading Japan’s ruling party to propose big spending on green investment – draft

President Trump said he likely would travel to Georgia on Saturday to campaign for Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue ahead of their runoff elections.  He called the Georgia voting system a “fraudulent system” and called Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger the “enemy of the people.”  “I told [the senators] today, I said ‘Listen, you … Continue reading Trump plans trip to Georgia amid his election battle

President Trump said Thursday evening that coronavirus vaccine deliveries will begin as early as next week.  “The whole world is suffering and we are rounding the curve,” Trump said. “And the vaccines are being delivered next week or the week after.” The announcement came during a special Thanksgiving holiday message to U.S. troops overseas via teleconference. … Continue reading Trump says coronavirus vaccine deliveries will start next week

November 27, 2020 By Luc Cohen and Marianna Parraga (Reuters) – Venezuela has resumed direct shipments of oil to China after U.S. sanctions sent the trade underground for more than a year, according to Refinitiv Eikon vessel-tracking data and internal documents from state company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA). Chinese state companies China National Petroleum Corp … Continue reading Exclusive: Venezuela resumes direct oil shipments to China despite U.S. sanctions

FILE PHOTO: U.S. dollars are counted out by a banker counting currency at a bank in Westminster, Colorado November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Wilking November 27, 2020 By Eimi Yamamitsu TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar held steady in thin trade on Friday but was on track for weekly losses against a basket of major currencies as … Continue reading Dollar poised for weekly losses on improving risk sentiment

Former President Barack Obama said he believes President Trump garnered more than 73 million votes this election cycle, not because of policy but because some Republicans promote a narrative of “White men are victims.”  Appearing on the syndicated radio show “The Breakfast Club,” Obama said Wednesday, “What’s always interesting to me is the degree to which … Continue reading Obama says some Republicans drive message that ‘White men are victims’

President Trump said Thursday that he would leave office if the Electoral College votes for President-elect Joe Biden, but also alleged “massive fraud” in the vote count and promised to keep up with his legal fight. Asked by a reporter following a teleconference with military troops on Thanksgiving if he would leave after an unsuccessful electoral college … Continue reading Trump says he will leave office if Electoral College votes for Biden

Supporters of defunding the police say they are “not going away” just because Joe Biden will be the next president. “What we’ve heard so far from the Democratic Party is what they’re not going to do,” defund advocate Andrea Ritchie told Mother Jones. “I don’t expect they will be supportive of the main demand from … Continue reading Defund-police supporters tell Biden they’re ‘not going away’

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman called Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak “a dictator” after the Democratic governor issued a three-week “state-wide pause” to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.  “He’s been a dictator with whom we have complied every step of the way,” Goodman, formerly a Democrat and now an independent told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. … Continue reading Las Vegas mayor calls Nevada governor ‘a dictator’ over stricter coronavirus order

Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson urged state residents to follow coronavirus guidelines over Thanksgiving but said the government has “no business” mandating gathering sizes.  “The holidays are coming, and as the Governor of the State of Missouri, I am not going to mandate who goes in the front door of your home,” Parson wrote on Twitter … Continue reading Missouri gov slams coronavirus rules on at-home gatherings: ‘Not going to mandate who goes in the front door’

Attorney Sidney Powell filed a lawsuit in Georgia on Wednesday evening alleging “massive election fraud” that changed the state’s results in the 2020 election.   The lawsuit, which names Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State and Chair of the Georgia State Election Board Brad Raffensperger among the defendants, alleges multiple Constitutional violations, citing … Continue reading Attorney Sidney Powell files lawsuit seeking Georgia election results be decertified, awarded to Trump

November 26, 2020 By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Euro zone finance ministers are likely to push ahead next Monday with stalled changes to their ESM bailout fund to strengthen the resilience of the common currency area as the COVID-19 pandemic increases risks of future economic trouble. After almost a year since their agreement “in … Continue reading Euro zone to move on bailout fund reform amid COVID worries

President-elect Joe Biden called on Americans to make a sacrifice this Thanksgiving by foregoing large gatherings and noted that his own family is giving up their tradition to comply with coronavirus guidelines.  Biden said his large family typically gathers in Nantucket on the holiday, but instead, this year he and wife Jill Biden would have a “small group” … Continue reading Biden says family will have ‘small group’ around Thanksgiving table, urges Americans to sacrifice gatherings

November 26, 2020 BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union assessments of whether to grant market access for banks and other financial firms from Britain will not be completed in time for January and stop-gap measures are being considered, an EU diplomat said on Thursday. Britain’s unfettered access to the EU under transition arrangements ends on Dec. … Continue reading EU considering stopgap measure for UK financial services post Brexit, says EU diplomat