Prices of copper and steel have surged and share prices for Chinese blue chips struck five-year highs, as state-funded infrastructure projects drove up production of cement, steel and non-ferrous metals. Railway investment, for example, soared 11.4% in April-June from a year earlier versus a 21% drop in the first quarter. Industries also gained from pent-up … Read more
New security legislation imposed on Hong Kong by Beijing requires the Asian financial hub to “promote national security education in schools and universities and through social organisations, the media, the internet”. The school anthem ban will further stoked concerns that new security laws will crush freedoms in China’s freest city, days after public libraries removed … Read more
Chile has witnessed around 15,459 cases of COVID-19 per million population, while US over 8,500, Brazil over 7,419 and Spain witnessed over 5,358 cases per million population. The WHO Situation Report also shows that India has one of the lowest deaths per million population. India’s cases of death per million population is around 14 while … Read more
The landslide occured in Huangmei County in the early hours and efforts were being made to rescue the people, a daily said. From June 1 to July 7, accumulated rainfall in the regions of Hubei, Anhui, Zhejiang and Chongqing has reached the highest levels for this time of year since 1961, with rainfall in some … Read more
Elsewhere in the gym, cardboard partitions separate the 233 evacuees’ sleeping areas and another sign instructs them to check their temperature each morning, then sterilise the thermometers. The measures show what a thorny issue it is for Japan to deal with natural disasters in the time of coronavirus. Japanese authorities have been warning local officials … Read more