BEIJING, Nov 7 (Reuters) – China’s crude oil imports plunged in October to the lowest since September 2018, as large state-owned refiners withheld purchases because of rising prices while independent refiners were restrained by limited quotas to import. The world’s biggest crude oil importer brought in 37.8 million tonnes last month, data from the General …
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LONDON, Nov 7 (Reuters) – Britain reported 62 deaths on Sunday of people who had tested positive for COVID-19 within the past 28 days, and a further 30,305 new infections. The government figures show a fall from the 155 deaths and 30,693 new cases reported on Saturday. Merck’s COVID drug to be rolled out this …
he AY.4.2 COVID variant has now been detected in over 30 U.S. states, with 130 cases reported in the country overall. The variant has caught scientists’ attention over the past couple of weeks due to its sharp rise in the U.K. in recent months. It is thought that AY.4.2 might have some sort of growth …
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Europe has again become an epicenter for the coronavirus, calling into question the region’s efforts to recover from the pandemic. Despite an abundance of Covid-19 shots, countries from Germany to Greece have reported record infections in recent days, while Romania and Bulgaria are experiencing horrific levels of fatalities and overwhelmed hospitals. That’s putting fresh urgency …
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BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK I am your baking dog at the gate. And i am barking my ass off. The Next wave is coming.. and it is a mutant strain for the most part they are not even testing for. I am warning you do not let your guard down. Even though the CDC …
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BERLIN, Nov 5 (Reuters) – Germany is starting a very difficult period with regard to its COVID-19 pandemic situation with rising numbers of patients in intensive care, the country’s health minister Jens Spahn said on Friday. He said that he had agreed with regional health ministers that in future everyone should be offered a booster …
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Infection rates have accelerated strongly in the past month, with the number of new COVID-19 cases rising by double-digit percentages from last week for several days in a row. “The epidemic is picking up speed again in Europe, Europe has again become the epicentre of the epidemic,” government spokesman Gabriel Attal told reporters. The seven-day …
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PARIS, Nov 3 (Reuters) – French health authorities reported 10,050 daily new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, the first time the tally has topped 10,000 since Sept 14. In another sign the virus is ramping up again, hospitalisations for the disease are up by 84, at 6,764, a rise unseen since Sept 6.The cumulative total of …
(Bloomberg) — OPEC+ ignored demands for a bigger oil-production increase, instead blaming their customers’ economic woes on soaring prices of natural gas and coal. “Oil is not the problem,” Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman told reporters after a meeting on Thursday, when the cartel emphatically rejected President Joe Biden’s request to quicken the …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. employment increased more than expected in October as the headwind from the surge in COVID-19 infections over the summer subsided, offering more evidence that economic activity was regaining momentum early in the fourth quarter.Nonfarm payrolls increased by 531,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said on Friday. Data for September …
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