Posts by Nathan Pine
Asia Stock Markets Plummet Following Trump Tariffs
[ad_1] Major stock markets across Asia plummeted on Monday, compounding a global financial crisis triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes. The most significant drop has been in Hong Kong, where the Hang Seng Index ended 13.22% down, the largest drop since the 1997 Asian financial crisis. The TAIEX index in Taipei has suffered…
Read MoreCredit gauges in Asia show most concern since early pandemic
[ad_1] Credit-default swaps in Asia blew out the most since the worsening of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, as a rout in risk assets deepened following US President Donald Trump’s doubling down on his global tariff barrage and China’s retaliation. The cost to insure investment-grade debt of Asian issuers outside Japan widened by 26.5 basis…
Read MoreAustralia’s ‘Muster Dogs’ Heading To UK; Beach House Hires Commercial Boss; BAFTA Film Dates; ‘Vegesaurs’ PBS – Global Briefs
[ad_1] Australia’s ‘Muster Dogs’ Heading To UK Australia’s Muster Dogs are heading to the UK. The Repair Shop producer Ricochet has optioned the hit format, which has aired on Australia’s ABC for three seasons. Muster Dogs follows six animal farmers from across the country who are each given a puppy from the same litter and…
Read MoreDonald Trump says he loves idea of sending Americans to El Salvador prison
[ad_1] President Donald Trump has signaled his support for sending American citizens to El Salvador’s notorious super prison. Why It Matters The White House administration sent hundreds of people onboard two flights in March to the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in El Salvador, despite a judge ordering the government to halt the planes. The Trump…
Read More‘Adolescence’ Maker Warp Behind TV Drama Of Mick Jackson’s BAFTA-Winning 1984 Nuclear Movie ‘Threads’
[ad_1] Mick Jackson’s BAFTA-winning 1984 apocalyptic thriller Threads is being given the small screen treatment. Adolescence producer Warp Films is making a TV drama adaptation of the nuclear movie, which portrayed a fictional apocalypse in the north England city of Sheffield. The highly-rated movie, which was penned by Barry Hines, was an international co-production between…
Read MoreHong Kong stocks end 13.22% down, worst since 1997 Asian financial crisis
[ad_1] [HONG KONG] Shares in Hong Kong plummeted more than 13 per cent Monday (Apr 7) on their worst day in almost three decades as China’s retaliation against Donald Trump’s tariffs ramped up a trade war and fuelled recession fears. The Hang Seng Index ended down 13.22 per cent, or 3,021.51 points, to 19,828.30 –…
Read MoreBOJ warns of heightened uncertainty as Trump tariffs batter markets
[ad_1] [TOKYO] The Bank of Japan said uncertainty over Japan’s economy was growing as some firms worried about the hit to profits from higher US duties, a sign President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs risked upending a moderate economic recovery. In a quarterly meeting of its regional branch managers on Monday (Apr 7), the BOJ maintained…
Read MoreFlorida vs. California: How two states are facing the insurance crisis
[ad_1] California and Florida have for years been the canary in the gold mine for a homeowner insurance crisis that experts warn might soon spread to many more states across the country. The two disaster-prone states, which face different challenges within their own markets, have seen homeowners insurance premiums skyrocket in recent years as carriers…
Read MoreBank Indonesia intervenes in offshore rupiah ahead of reopening
[ad_1] It will aggressively intervene in the onshore markets too when they reopen on Tuesday [JAKARTA] Bank Indonesia intervened in the offshore rupiah market ahead of what could be a turbulent reopening for the currency on Tuesday (Apr 8) after over a week-long holiday. The central bank has intervened in the offshore non-deliverable forwards market…
Read MoreIndia Mullen, Justine Mitchell, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor and Jason O’Mara To Take ‘These Sacred Vows’ For RTE
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: How about this for a sunshine wedding gone wrong? Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Love/Hate, Avengers: Infinity War, Endgame), Justine Mitchell (Derry Girls, Smother), Jason O’Mara (Agents of SHIELD, The Man In The High Castle) and India Mullen (Normal People, Say Nothing) are among the cast of The Sacred Vows, a dark and quirky drama series…
Read MoreAmazon Takes Global On Yes Studios’ October 7 Doc
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Exactly 18 months on from October 7, Amazon has boarded a documentary showing powerful footage from the Nova music festival. #Nova chronicles what happened at the festival minute-by-minute, when Hamas stormed the fest, killing more than 350 partygoers and kidnapping a further 44, 14 of whom returned alive, while 17 were murdered. The…
Read MoreColorado area evacuated, school closed as emergency alert issued
[ad_1] By Jordan King is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her current focus is on religion, health, food safety and population. She has covered the persecution of religions in the global south, fertility and birth rate issues around the world, multiple disease outbreaks in the U.S. and ongoing vaccination discourse. Jordan joined Newsweek in…
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