The Trump administration on Sunday called on Congress to pass narrow-scope text to address the coronavirus crisis using the balance of an expired small business aid fund while negotiations for a comprehensive agreement are deadlocked. The White House proposal, deemed insufficient by the Democrats, is the latest in a series of discussions between the Democrats, […]
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The Cac 40 continues its momentum, Societe Generale boosted by an analyst rating
The Paris Bourse continues its momentum of the past two weeks, with hopes of a sustained recovery in the Chinese economy offsetting doubts about a quick deal in the US Congress around a broad fiscal stimulus package. Still, the market continues to rely on a limited deal focused on airlines, small businesses and homes. The upward […]
Movement in the EU: states harmonize criteria but not restrictions
With the increasingly rapid spread of the coronavirus, circulation within the European Union will remain hampered for at least long weeks. But citizens should finally see more clearly in the field of possibilities. Under pressure in particular from France , the 27 have just agreed to coordinate their travel restrictions and put an end to the current mess […]
Climate change has accentuated natural disasters
Climate change is the main cause of the doubling of natural disasters in the world in twenty years, the UN warned on Monday, signaling that natural disasters have killed more than 1.2 million people since 2000. During the last twenty years (2000-2019), 7,348 natural disasters have been recorded in the world (for a cost estimated at nearly […]
A global digital tax would raise up to $ 100 billion each year
The jackpot is worth $ 100 billion. This is the amount of additional tax revenue that would be generated by the reform of the digital tax system of multinationals as envisioned by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The report, adopted last Friday by the 137 countries of the inclusive framework discussing this reform under the […]
Covid-19: China to test 9 million people in five days
Fighting commotion in Qingdao. A massive screening campaign began on Monday in the seaside resort of 9.5 million inhabitants, after the discovery the day before of 12 cases of Covid-19 (including 6 asymptomatic). Around 150,000 people had already been tested Monday morning to try to identify contact cases. Authorities announced that the entire city would be tested “within […]
Covid-19: China bans the breeding of 45 species of wild animals
A new notice was recently published by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration in China: an update of the regulations regarding the breeding of wild animals. By the end of the year, forty-five species will no longer be able to be farmed on Chinese territory, reports the Shanghai-based “Sixth Tone” media. The species concerned include civets, porcupines, […]
Gabon has taken the Covid-19 shock
” We were faced with a second exogenous economic shock in six years .” Jean-Marie Ogandaga, Minister of the Economy, Prospective and Development Programming of Gabon, thus summarizes the impact of Covid-19 this year on his country during a visit to Paris last week. The pandemic has not had a strong health impact in Gabon, with only 54 officially […]
Turkey returns controversial ship to eastern Mediterranean
The episode is likely to rekindle tensions between Greece and Turkey. The Turkish exploration vessel Oruc Reis will be in the eastern Mediterranean “from October 12 to 20” in the area where it was in August and September, the Turkish navy announced on Sunday. It will operate activities in the region, including south of the Greek island […]
Recovery plan in the United States: umpteenth volte-face of the White House
Nearly 11 million Americans are unemployed, 25 million have seen their incomes plummet, while many SMEs face cash flow problems and large companies have started to lay off massively. But no new massive recovery plan has yet been validated at the national level. Failing to see its global aid proposal validated, the White House on Sunday carried out […]
