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EU warns Kosovo and Serbia to end violence or face consequences
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/06/2023
» LJUBLJANA: European leaders gave Kosovo and Serbia a list of clear tasks to end the worst outbreak of violence in a decade, saying they must ease tensions or face serious consequences.
Expat exodus but escape is expensive in Hong Kong
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/02/2022
» After calling Hong Kong home for 30 years, Tina, a self-employed mom, is calling it quits on the city and moving to Portugal. But with 10 of her booked flights to Europe cancelled in the past year, her travails show how Hong Kong’s Covid-Zero policy is making getting out almost as hard as coming in.
Duterte’s pivot to China yet to deliver promised billions
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/07/2021
» Near the centre of Manila, construction workers are now rushing to complete a $69-million China-funded bridge by the end of this year after repeatedly missing deadlines.
EU, US agree to five-year truce in Boeing-Airbus dispute
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/06/2021
» The US and the European Union agreed to extend a tariff truce for five years, parking a dispute over aircraft subsidies given to Airbus SE and Boeing Co that saw the allies impose duties on $11.5 billion of each other’s exports.
Unused shots pile up as mistrust deepens in Hong Kong
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/05/2021
» There are few places in the world easier to get a Covid-19 vaccine than Hong Kong.
Johnson’s Global Britain blueprint hit by China human rights row
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/03/2021
» Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisted the UK must be ready to increase trade with China, in the face of criticism that his government is putting commercial deals ahead of security and human rights.
Putin’s once-scorned vaccine now favourite in pandemic fight
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/02/2021
» President Vladimir Putin’s announcement in August that Russia had cleared the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine for use before it even completed safety trials sparked skepticism worldwide. Now he may reap diplomatic dividends as Russia basks in arguably its biggest scientific breakthrough since the Soviet era.
S.Korea on red alert as cases soar: Virus update
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/02/2020
» South Korea raised the country’s infectious-disease alert to the highest level after the number of cases there soared by several hundred within days.
Cruise ship evacuations stepped up; 1,775 dead: Virus update
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/02/2020
» Beijing may delay a high-profile political meeting for the first time in decades because of the coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 71,000 and killed 1,775 globally.
490 dead, 25,000 sick, 2 newborns infected: Virus update
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/02/2020
» The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak climbed toward 500 as confirmed cases worldwide reached almost 25,000 and two newborn babies born to infected mothers tested positive, while 684 infected people have fully recovered.