Germany’s Merkel calls for citizens to take coronavirus pandemic seriously 0 (0)

German chancellor, Angela Merkel, addresses the public on the health crisis
– Coronavirus pandemic situation likely to get more difficult in the coming months
A bit of a warning from Merkel as the virus situation in the region starts to worsen over the past few weeks. Germany is now seeing over 17,000 active cases across the country

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Germany’s Merkel: Things won’t return to normal until we have a coronavirus vaccine 0 (0)

Further comments by Merkel
– Hearing that there are hopeful approaches for developing a vaccine
– Says Germany is to spend most of EU funds on existing programs
Merkel laying down some expectations over how life will be over the next few months at the very least for Germany and/or Europe for the most part.

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Dollar nudges a little higher as the market waits on Powell 0 (0)

Some light bids in the dollar, but all eyes stay on Powell
The greenback is up to session highs for the day now, but the move isn’t too extensive for the most part. EUR/USD is down to around 1.1800 and is breaching below its 100-hour moving average as sellers look to seize some near-term control for

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Heads up: Japan prime minister Abe press conference tomorrow confirmed for 0800 GMT 0 (0)

Japanese local media confirms the timing of the press conference
Abe will be speaking to the media and addressing concerns surrounding his health, after having made hospital visits in the past week. This has seen questions raised about his political future amid some criticism surrounding his handling of the virus pandemic as well.

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Laura strengthens into Category 3 major hurricane 0 (0)

NHC with the latest on Hurricane Laura
Saying that it has strengthened into a major hurricane i.e. Category 3 now, adding that it is rapidly evolving into a catastrophic storm i.e. Category 4. The winds are anticipated to peak at around 130 mph and is expected to make landfall – currently swirling in the gulf of

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Italian health minister rules out another lockdown despite rising virus cases 0 (0)

Italy says no to another lockdown
This is via comments from Italian health minister, Roberto Speranza, speaking to Bloomberg in an interview. As mentioned before, this is all very much a political exercise and public expectations have very well changed from the beginning of the pandemic.

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