Hello and welcome to nhk newsline. Im Yoshi Ogasawara in tokyo. We start this hour in new york where the United Nations is canceling all inperson General Assembly Committee Meetings scheduled for tuesday. It comes after five people of a mission of a member state tested positive for the coronavirus. Its not immediately clear which member state is involved but the u. N. Said it is conducting contact tracing. The cancelations likely mean the Committee Vote on a japansponsored resolution to abolish Nuclear Weapons will be postponed. Most u. N. Staff that operate out of the new york headquarters have been working remotely since march. But more people have been returning to the office since july. Meanwhile, a top official at the World Health Organization is expressing concern about the latest surge of infections sweeping across europe. We are seeing very, very high positivity rates and an increasing lack of capacity to do any effective form of contact tracing. The two countries with the high
It was the biggest single day drop since september 3rd. The index fell more than 950 points at one point. Worries about the economy rose after the daily tally of new intexass in the u. S. Climbed over the weekend to about 83,000. The techheavy nasdaq fell at well. People in the markets said investors sold on fears that the surge in new cases would derail efforts to get the economy moving again. Investors are turning cautious as lawmakers in congress remain far from a deal on additional stimulus measures. Staying in the u. S. , the Republicancontrolled Senate is set to confirm Amy Coney Barretts appointment to the countrys top court. The 48yearold will bed Third Supreme Court Justice Toews chosen by President Donald Trump. She will succeed Ruth Bager Ginsburg who passed away last month. Her lifetime appointment samcems a 63 majority on the bench. Divisive issues such as abortion, gun control and health care. Trump, trailing in polls, made barretts nomination part of his pitch to voters
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