Investing.com - The new covid-19 interest variant, called Omicron, sent the markets into a tailspin last week, and is likely to remain the main focus for investors this week. As there was a...
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) -Bitcoin tumbled over 9% on Friday, dragging smaller tokens down, after the discovery of a new, potentially vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant saw...
By Alessandro Albano Investing.com - The new B.1.1.529 variant discovered in South Africa, but now rapidly circulating in other parts of the world, has created a major shake-up in global...
By Oliver Gray Investing.com - The World Health Organization is monitoring a fresh coronavirus variant detected in South Africa with numerous mutations to the spike protein, scheduling a...
By Laura Sanchez Investing.com - A new wave of Covid-19 is invading Europe at an increasing pace. More and more countries are considering partial blockades, and many are imposing...
(Bloomberg) -- It’s getting harder to be a vaccine holdout in Europe and continue with life as usual. As governments battle another wave of the outbreak, new restrictions are being...
By Laura Sanchez Investing.com - Hans Kluge, director of the World Health Organization (WHO) for Europe, recently stated that the continent could suffer half a million more deaths next...
Typical day in low-income communities in the Strand, Western Cape, South Africa Hazel Swanepoel/Building BridgesThe national lockdown imposed by the South African government to contain the...
(Bloomberg) -- More provinces in China are fighting Covid-19 than at any time since the deadly pathogen first emerged in Wuhan in 2019. The highly-infectious delta variant is hurtling...
By Gina Lee Investing.com – Oil was down Friday morning in Asia as U.S. supplies continue to tighten. The black liquid was set for a flat finish to the week, with easing coal and gas prices...
(Bloomberg) -- Moscow will implement its harshest lockdown since the early days of the pandemic last year, as Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on his blog that the Covid-19 situation was...
By Daphne Psaledakis and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration on Monday announced a set of recommendations to revamp its use of economic sanctions to...
By Laura SánchezInvesting.com - The first US bitcoin ETF is set to launch tomorrow, Tuesday, according to the US press. The ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF BITO), which will give...
By Jonathan BarrettSYDNEY (Reuters) - Sydney's oldest pub opened one hour early on Monday to welcome back its regulars after the city emerged from a more than 100-day lockdown, allowing...
By Miguel Lo Bianco and Claudia Martini BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Eduardo David Rodriguez takes bags of fruit and vegetables to sell at a fresh produce market in Buenos Aires twice a week to...
By Michael Erman, Gwladys Fouche and Alistair Smout (Reuters) - School for children in many nations has been underway for more than a month and fears the Delta coronavirus variant would...
(Bloomberg) -- Australia’s most-populous state will trial home quarantine for people returning from overseas if they are fully vaccinated, signaling an easing of one of the most hardcore...
(Bloomberg) -- Italy will require all workers to have a valid Covid passport, as the government led by Prime Minister Mario Draghi moves to set the toughest vaccination requirements in...
By Laura Sánchez Investing.com - The World Health Organization (WHO) is already studying a new variant of the coronavirus, called 'Mu', which was first identified in Colombia last January...
By Peter Nurse Investing.com -- Crude oil prices weakened Tuesday, continuing the sharp losses of the previous session on concerns slowing global growth will hit demand in the second half...
(Bloomberg) -- New Zealand officials said they are investigating a new community case of Covid-19 in largest city Auckland, prompting some investors to pare bets on an interest-rate increase...
(Bloomberg) -- U.S. regulators cleared giving a third Covid-19 vaccine dose to people with weakened immune systems to improve protection for those with impaired responses to standard shots....
(Bloomberg) -- China partly shut the world’s third-busiest container port after a worker became infected with Covid, threatening to further disrupt global trade. All inbound and outbound...
(Bloomberg) -- The delta-variant virus outbreak roiling Sydney is worsening as it spreads into regional areas of Australia, with several media outlets reporting Thursday that national...
The NICD reports 13 025 new COVID-19 cases that have been identified in South Africa, which brings the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 2 435 036. This increase represents a...
