Oil prices fell after tensions flared between the U.S. and China, and a Hong Kong fund designed to track the crude market said chaotic trading conditions had forced it to revamp its holdings. ( read…
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Global markets drop, spooked by China-US tensions over virus
Shares have taken a turn for the worse as tensions between the Trump administration and China over the origins and handling of the coronavirus pandemic rattle investors … ( read original story …)
UK says China has questions to answer over coronavirus outbreak
Britain said on Monday that China has questions to answer over the information it shared about the novel coronavirus outbreak, but refused to comment on reports that a U.S.-led intelligence consortium … ( read original…
US officials believe China covered up severity of coronavirus outbreak to hoard medical supplies, DHS report shows
Chinese leaders “intentionally concealed the severity” of the pandemic from the world in early January, according to a DHS intelligence report dated May 1 and obtained by the AP. ( read original story …)
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Accuses China of a Cover-Up
Tensions between Washington and Beijing escalated as President Trump said the U.S. death toll could reach 100,000. The Supreme Court will hear cases remotely for the first time. ( read original story …)
Liz Peek: Coronavirus and China – 4 ways US can start to avenge deaths of hundreds of thousands
People everywhere will demand that Beijing pay a price for the enormous loss of life and the incalculable damage done to economies around the globe. ( read original story …)
Coronavirus latest: UK defence minister says China has questions to answer over Covid-19
UK defence secretary Ben Wallace said on LBC radio that he thinks China has questions to answer on how speedily it made the world aware about the extent of the Covid-19 crisis, as concerns grow…
Exclusive: Nissan to retrench further in new plan to focus on U.S., Japan, China
Nissan Motor Co Ltd will pull back from Europe and elsewhere to focus on the United States, China and Japan under a plan that represents a new strategic direction for the embattled carmaker, … (…
Coronavirus live updates: DHS says China hid outbreak’s severity; Donald Trump revises US estimates; British PM Boris Johnson speaks out
Access to beaches, parks, golfing and other outdoor activities is on the rise across the nation as leaders make moves to lift social distancing rules. ( read original story …)
US intel thinks China stayed mum on virus early on to grab supplies
Report obtained by Associated Press shows Bejing tried to stock up as it covered up word on extent of COVID-19 and how contagious it was. ( read original story …)
UK says China has questions to answer over novel coronavirus outbreak
China has questions to answer over the information it shared about the novel coronavirus outbreak but a post mortem over its role should come later, Britain’s defence minister said on Monday. ( read original story…
Markets fall back as US-China tensions rise over Covid-19 – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as investors worry about new trade war between Washington and Beijing … ( read original story …)
Trump says China made a ‘mistake’ and tried to cover up coronavirus outbreak
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he believed that a “mistake” in China was the cause of the spreading coronavirus pandemic, though he did not present any evidence for the claim. ( read original story…
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