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According to Reuters, a global gauge of stock markets fell below a two month low. On May 29th, MSCI's all-country world stock index fell about 1-percent with losses stretching across Asia, the US, and Europe. In Europe, the Stoxx 600 index fell 1.4-percent, while the euro was steady after two days of losses. On Wall Street, the top three markets on the New York Stock Exchange lost about 1-percent each. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 270-points, dropping over 1-percent.
Fears of a British exit from the European Union is spooking investors, with sterling volatility hitting record highs not seen since the 2008 financial crisis. Kate King reports.
The Lebanese pound sinks to a historic low against the dollar on the parallel market, as banks in the crisis-hit country resumed an open-ended strike. The Lebanese pound, officially pegged at 15,000 to the dollar, was trading at 100,000 against the greenback on Tuesday, dealers said -- a dizzying plunge from 1,507 before the economic crisis hit in 2019. IMAGES
Bangalore, Jun 1 (EFE/EPA).- India recorded Tuesday 2,795 coronavirus deaths in the last 24 hours, marking the first time in 34 days that daily fatalities dropped below 3,000, according to official data.As per health ministry records, the pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 331,100 people in the South Asian country, a number that is only behind that of the United States and Brazil.The decline in the number of deaths per day, even as experts warn that the actual figures could be much higher, contrasts with the more than 4,000 deaths recorded around the middle of May. (Camera: JAGADEESH NV).SHOT LIST: HEALTH AUTHORITIES INOCULATE CITIZENS WITH COVID-19 VACCINE AND COLLECT SWAB SAMPLES TO TEST FOR COVID-19 IN BANGALORE, INDIA.
Alicante, Malaga (Spain), Jan 30 (EFE).- (Camera: EFE) From apathy to anger, it is a familiar tale for Spain’s British expatriate community in the month since Brexit was made official. With an estimated 262,000 registered residents, Brits comprise the fourth-largest foreign community in Spain, the majority based in the warm Mediterranean coast, the Balearics or the Canary Islands. FOOTAGE OF MALAGA AND ALICANTE.SOUNDBITES OF IVONNE, RESIDENT IN SPAIN SINCE 1991, MILTON, WHO HAS LIVED IN SPAIN FOR 15 YEARS, AND PAMELA, WHO HAS LIVED IN SPAIN FOR 18 YEARS.
French leader Emmanuel Macron backs the idea of a month of further talks to find a solution to Brexit while ruling out major compromises as he met British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for talks on Thursday. IMAGES of their meeting and of Johnson leaving the French president's residence