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World stocks fall for the fifth straight day as China fuels fears about its economy by allowing the yuan to weaken further. As Grace Pascoe reports a nuclear test by North Korea added to a growing list of geopolitical worries.
Russia's rouble sinks 3 percent to below 71 to the dollar, approaching 2015 lows as it reacts to further declines in oil prices and plunging Chinese markets, with a near-term intervention to prop up the currency looking unlikely. As Sonia Legg reports it's not the only currency struggling from the market turmoil.
The rising waters of the Bei River have nearly engulfed lampposts in flood-hit Qingyuan city in southern China, with the government issuing highest its highest-level rainstorm warning for the affected area. Torrential rains have lashed Guangdong province in recent days, swelling rivers and causing the evacuation of more than 100,000 people. IMAGES
Various Southeast Asain Cities, Jul 13 (EFE/EPA).- The International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) on Tuesday urged the acceleration of Covid-19 vaccine deliveries to countries in Southeast Asia, hit hard by a fierce new wave of the pandemic linked in part to the Delta variant.Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia are some of the countries most affected, having consistently registered record numbers of deaths and daily cases recently, and as vaccinations are carried out slowly and hospitals are full or overwhelmed."Millions of people in Asia are living on the cruel and sharp edge of a global vaccine divide between richer countries that have a steady supply and most nations in Asia that are struggling to access sufficient doses to keep their populations safe," said Alexander Matheou, IFRC Asia-Pacific director, in a statement. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS AUTHORITIES DISTRIBUTE FINANCIAL AIDS TO CORONAVIRUS-HIT FAMILIES IN QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES; CORONAVIRUS CHECKPOINTS IN BALI, INDONESIA; VACCINATION DRIVE IN BANGKOK, THAILAND; EMPTY STREETS AND SUPERMARKETS IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM; AND MASS GRAVE FOR COVID-19 VICTIMS AT CEMETERY IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA.
Beijing, Feb 23 (EFE/EPA).- China's residential building prices slightly increased in January in 70 large and medium-sized cities, according to a data published by National Bureau of Statistics of China on Tuesday. (Camera: WU HONG).B-ROLL OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IN BEIJING, CHINA.
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