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Did the Trump Administration Just Throw Iran a Coronavirus Lifeline?

The Central Bank of Iran is expecting foreign countries to release Iranian assets that had been frozen due to U.S. sanctions, in order to help the country deal with an escalating novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. U.S. sanctions have held up billions of dollars of Iran’s money in foreign bank…

bubmagMarch 25, 2020

The state transformed: The crisis has turbocharged China’s intrusive state capitalism

Shanghai is about 800km down the Yangtze river from the city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak began in November 2019. Yet where New York City, halfway across the world, currently has more than 13,000 reported cases, China’s economic capital has fewer than 400. The country’s one-party state, aided by…

bubmagMarch 25, 2020

Mecca

In a pandemic, religion can be a balm and a risk

BEIRUT—Down on Earth, the coronavirus outbreak was felling lives, livelihoods and normalcy. A nation-spanning blessing seemed called for. So up went a priest in a small airplane, rumbling overhead at an epidemiologically safe distance from the troubles below, wielding a sacred golden vessel from a cockpit-turned-pulpit.Before his flight over Lebanon,…

bubmagMarch 25, 2020

The Queen

Coronavirus live updates: Stimulus plan ‘terrible’ for NY, Cuomo says

A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 21,200 people around the world. There are more than 470,000 diagnosed cases of the new respiratory illness, known officially as COVID-19, spanning every continent except Antarctica, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at…

bubmagMarch 25, 2020

Refugees

European Union: What Brussels Can Do to Beat the Virus

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen: "We're mobilizing all means at our disposal." STEPHANIE LECOCQ/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock "Whatever it takes." That was the motto of the former head of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi. Meanwhile, it's become a standard mantra for all European politicians, though most of them only pay…

bubmagMarch 25, 2020

Little Italy

Armed robberies reported at businesses in Lincoln Park, Logan Square, Little Italy

Businesses in Lincoln Park, Logan Square and Little Italy were robbed by a gunman late Tuesday night, but Chicago police did not say whether they were connected. About 10:30 p.m., a person walked into a store in the 900 block of West Armitage Avenue, pulled out a gun and demanded…

bubmagMarch 25, 2020

Scottish National Party

Britain’s Prince Charles tests positive for the coronavirus

By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA LONDON (AP) — Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, has tested positive for the new coronavirus, royal officials confirmed Wednesday — touching off debate about whether his wealth and status gave him priority in receiving a test. The 71-year-old is showing mild…

bubmagMarch 25, 2020

Barack Obama

One of Trump’s visits to his Scotland resort cost taxpayers more than $950,000 in Secret Service fees

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bubmagMarch 25, 2020

Antarctica

Southern Skies Benefit from a Rare Climate-Diplomacy Success

(Bloomberg) — Diplomacy can fix large-scale harm done to the planet by industrial pollution. That’s the conclusion of new research published today in the journal Nature showing how skies above the Southern Hemisphere have recovered since a 1987 treaty banned chemicals that eat away at the atmosphere’s protective layer. The ozone layer sits…

bubmagMarch 25, 2020

Chinese Economy

Coronavirus Impact And Response: A Global View

Every morning, my day begins by discussing the latest developments in the coronavirus fight with my team of strategists on-the-ground in Hong Kong, Italy, London, Tokyo, New York and elsewhere. Today, my weekly blog features several members of Invesco’s Global Market Strategy Office, who answer the most pressing questions they’ve…

bubmagMarch 25, 2020

Did the Trump Administration Just Throw Iran a Coronavirus Lifeline?

In a pandemic, religion can be a balm and a risk

Coronavirus live updates: Stimulus plan ‘terrible’ for NY, Cuomo says

European Union: What Brussels Can Do to Beat the Virus

Armed robberies reported at businesses in Lincoln Park, Logan Square, Little Italy

Britain’s Prince Charles tests positive for the coronavirus

One of Trump’s visits to his Scotland resort cost taxpayers more than $950,000 in Secret Service fees

Southern Skies Benefit from a Rare Climate-Diplomacy Success

Coronavirus Impact And Response: A Global View

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