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Financial Coronavirus booster shot: China to inject $174 Billion of liquidity Monday Feb. 3

China’s central bank today announced plans to inject 1.2 trillion yuan worth of liquidity ($174 billion in U.S. dollars) into the financial markets via reverse repo operations on Monday, as stock markets prepare to reopen amid an escalating Wuhan coronavirus outbreak.

Stock, currency and bond markets have been shut down in China since January 23, and ...

Landmines are actually good, says Defense Sec as Trump prepares to undo Obama-era landmine ban

The Trump administration is planning to make landmines great again.

On Friday, while Donald John Trump was being impeached on Capitol Hill, Trump's U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that landmines are an important tool that American troops need to keep America safe.

Donald Trump’s corrupt administration is expected to undo Obama-era restrictions on the ...

Here’s a list of airlines halting China flights over Wuhan coronavirus

Airlines around the world have already begun suspending flights to and from mainland China, where most cases of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak are located.

As of Thursday, 170 people have died, and almost 8,000 are believed to be infected.

The World Health Organization just declared a global emergency as Novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV continues to ...

W.H.O. declares Wuhan coronavirus global emergency

The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) has declared a global emergency as the so-called Wuhan Coronavirus continues to spread.

The WHO's declaration came as the number of Novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV cases rose to nearly 8,000 worldwide, nearly all in mainland China.

The W.H.O.’s declaration — officially called a “public health emergency of international concern” — does not have ...

China bans sale of wild animals as novel Wuhan coronavirus deaths increase

Three separate China government agencies on Sunday ordered a temporary ban on the trade in wild animals. China's government is struggling to contain the deadly outbreak of a virus that is presumed to have originated in bats, and spread to humans via a market in Wuhan City, Hubei province, where wild animals have long ...

China facing ‘grave situation’ as Wuhan virus deaths increase, Xi says

China's President Xi Jinping said the nation faces a “grave situation” as the number of deaths in the Novel Coronavirus 2019-nCoV outbreak jumped to 42 on Saturday.

Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations also began Saturday, and fears of a pandemic have put a pall on celebrations.

President Xi held a politburo meeting on Saturday on ...

First Canada Wuhan virus case confirmed, more than 1,400 people worldwide now infected with 2019-nCoV

On Saturday, the government health ministry of Canada reported the first presumed case in Canada of a patient with the so-called Wuhan virus, officially known as Novel Coronavirus 2019-nCoV.

Coronavirus has infected more than 1,400 people worldwide, most in and around Wuhan, China's third-largest city.

Also on Saturday, Australia confirmed its first four cases of the ...

Death toll in China from Wuhan virus now 41, with 1,000+ infected globally, 2 cases in U.S.

China confirmed an additional 15 deaths on Friday from the so-called Wuhan virus, officially known as Novel Coronavirus 2019-nCoV.

Wuhan, the Chinese city of 11 million where the outbreak sparked, is in virtual lockdown.

Around the world, 1,000 people are now confirmed infected with the new virus. Health authorities are working to prevent a global pandemic.

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