Posts in tag

plummets


A prominent Russian scientist who was working on a COVID-19 vaccine was found dead with a stab wound after plummeting out his window in St. Petersburg, according to news reports. U.S. TESTING CZAR DOESN’T BELIEVE U.K. TRAVEL BAN IS NECESSARY YET DESPITE NEW COVID-19 VARIANT Alexander “Sasha” Kagansky, 45, was in his underwear when he fell …

A study by the Imperial College London, published in the journal Nature, has suggested that across 11 countries in Europe, the lockdown orders and school closures that were put in place in response to the coronavirus pandemic may have averted about 3.1 million deaths through early May. The study suggests that across those European countries, between …

Asia Pacific stocks were mixed in Monday afternoon trade as China cut its benchmark lending rate. Mainland Chinese stocks were higher by the afternoon. The Shanghai composite gained 0.3% while the Shenzhen composite edged 0.654% higher. That came as China cut its one-year loan prime rate to 3.85% from 4.05%. The five-year loan prime rate was …