2 prominent home call opposition lawmakers are among more than a dozen people arrested in connection with last years that mass antigovernment protest choked ted when he was detained after an Early Morning raids on their homes the arrest of being seen as part of a widening crackdown on opposition figures in the territory. The Supreme Court about a roosters rejected appeal by the countries like south of his asian leader to know the results of the recent disputed president ial election as fat man i take i know sky challenge the outcome last week use of president bush and his reelection triggered mass protests and made widespread allegations of vote rigging. The rescue teams that are searching for survivors and bodies after flooding in northern afghanistan tarantula rain caused flash floods and province washing away thousands of homes local Officials Say at least 100 people look at that but the final death toll is likely to be much higher they say could take weeks to determine the number o
Including opposition lawmakers city to understand what this means for the prodemocracy movement. And does a visit see with difficulty we visit a special needs student who. Has left behind in the. Welcome to news asia glad you could join us south korea says north korean dictator kim jong il. Is now effectively the 2nd most powerful person in the country south Korean Defense minister junk to set an all amount that keamy your giong had been appointed to an important post in the communist party and was knowledge charge of north koreas the missions with the us. And south korea the move if true wouldnt be entirely unexpected given the increasingly visible role she has been playing over the last few hours heres more on the woman who might determine her countrys future relations with the world. How much power does kindler john really have. The mostly in the background the sister of north koreas leader kim jong un appears on the present always by his side she seems to be his most trusted aide a
Meanwhile, a survey by a Credit Research firm has revealed more about the papandemicss impact the e japanesese economymy. It shows more e than 100 compans went bankrupt in both june and july. Bars, restaurants, and hotels were hit especially hard. More r more than 400 firms have gone bankrupt since february. The recent surge in cases dampened consumer sentiment. More could go under, including manufacturers. Tough times for japan and also abroad. In june, the countrys current account surplus plunged 86 from a year earlier. The finance Ministry Says the figure stood at 167 billion yen or 1. 6 billion. Despite the fall, it means the monthly balance has remained in the black for six years. Officials say exports shrank by more than 25 , including automobiles. The nations travel account surplus faired worse, down 90 for the month. The figure represents the amount foreign visitors spend in japan minus what japanese travelers spend overseas. The number of global coronavirus cases has topped 20
The s p thought biggest rise in two weeks. Saw its biggest rise in two weeks. Korea may send troops to the dmz. Seoul remains on high alert. Shery lets get a quick check of markets. U. S. Futures under pressure. We have the s p 500 rising the most in more than a week. We had seen optimism over the u. S. Economy really offsetting any can turns over a second wave of virus infections. Nikki futures unchanged at the moment. We are waiting japans may trade data. The deficit likely narrowed. We had the boj increasing at support for corporate financing yesterday. Futures up 0. 6 . This after the best day in over two months. Yesterday, we did get the rba june Meeting Minutes with more concerns that the economy is likely to need policy support. Gaining. At the moment stocks reversing five sessions. Do watch out for new Zealand First quarter gdp numbers out later this week. Lines getting some across the terminal from jd. Com at of its trading debut in hong kong as the ecommerce player saying tha
Another retailer looking at bankruptcy it is tuesday, april 21. You are watching Worldwide Exchange here on cnbc good morning, good afternoon, good evening with el come from wherever in the world you may be watching. Im Brian Sullivan welcome. I hope you are having a great tuesday. The stock futures looking like it is continuing off yesterdays decline for the dow futures in the red right now indicated down about 200 points yesterday, a rough day all but two dow names were down. Each falling 6 in the red it has been the action in the Global Oil Market that has really captivated the worlds attention and the Historic Development around crude trading yesterday negative for the first time ever. Thats right the may contract which expires today. At one point, this is not a miss print, trading at negative 40 a barrel the lowest on record not only zero, it is below zero. A lot of you question why would oil or any commodity trade in the red and go inverted . That is relatively simple, when you o