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August 13, 2020
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After the country reported its deadliest day of the coronavirus outbreak since May, the nation’s top infectious disease expert says he is not pleased with the way things are going in the United States. “We certainly are not where I hope we would be, we are in the middle of very serious historic pandemic,” Dr. […]
August 13, 2020
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Global markets are mixed Thursday with the political stalemate in Washington over a new round of pandemic relief measures causing worry among investors. The FTSE index in London is down 0.9%, while Paris’ CAC-40 and the DAX index in Frankfurt are both 0.2% lower. Earlier, in Asia, the Nikkei in Tokyo finished its trading session […]
August 13, 2020
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A new coronavirus outbreak that prompted New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to put the city of Auckland under a new lockdown is growing. Authorities in the northern city Thursday reported 13 new community infections, all of them connected to a family of four who tested positive for the virus, becoming the country’s new locally […]
August 12, 2020
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: The Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), in collaboration with the Society for the Welfare of the Deaf, is currently examining the possibility of increasing the duration and frequency of the weekly 10-12 minutes broadcast intended for people with hearing impairment. The implication of a project for the live broadcasting of one news bulletin in the […]
August 12, 2020
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The continued stalemate in Washington over a new coronavirus relief package sent Asian markets mostly lower Wednesday. Tokyo’s Nikkei index ended the day’s trading session 0.4% higher. The S&P/ASX index in Sydney dropped 0.1%. Seoul’s KOSPI index is up 0.5%, and the TSEC index in Taipei is down 0.8%. In late afternoon trading, Hong Kong’s […]
August 13, 2020
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Government is taking all necessary measures so as to prevent any additional oil spill from the Japanese bulk carrier MV Wakashio and, only 166 tonnes of fuel oil remains to be pumped out, said the Prime Minister, Mr Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, yesterday, during a Press Conference, held at the Blue Bay Marine Park. The Minister […]
August 13, 2020
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: A one-day workshop on ‘Anti-Money Laundering and Combatting the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) for Cooperatives’ was launched, this morning, at the National Cooperative College, in Bois Marchand. Its main objectives are to sensitise some 100 participants on the need to be at par with AML/CFT preventive measures, and provide necessary information to achieve this […]
August 13, 2020
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After the country reported its deadliest day of the coronavirus outbreak since May, the nation’s top infectious disease expert says he is not pleased with the way things are going in the United States. “We certainly are not where I hope we would be, we are in the middle of very serious historic pandemic,” Dr. […]
August 13, 2020
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Global markets are mixed Thursday with the political stalemate in Washington over a new round of pandemic relief measures causing worry among investors. The FTSE index in London is down 0.9%, while Paris’ CAC-40 and the DAX index in Frankfurt are both 0.2% lower. Earlier, in Asia, the Nikkei in Tokyo finished its trading session […]
August 13, 2020
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A new coronavirus outbreak that prompted New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to put the city of Auckland under a new lockdown is growing. Authorities in the northern city Thursday reported 13 new community infections, all of them connected to a family of four who tested positive for the virus, becoming the country’s new locally […]