European shares fell to two-month lows on Monday amid U.S.-China trade frictions and worries that drove the bloc’s investors shifting towards government bonds and other traditional market products. Following growing economic tensions between the USA and China and an overnight plunge on Wall Street, the Nikkei 225 Stock Average hit its lowest figure since January 2019 during the morning trading session. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 1% adding to a 2.5% fall on Friday, its worst day so far in 2019, after U.S. President Donald Trump upped the ante…
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Romania disregard EU shipping sheep in summer heat
Under the burning sun in Romania’s Midia port on the Black Sea, the Lady Maria stands ready to embark its passengers – thousands of sheep to be shipped to Libya for the Eid al-Adha holiday. Despite a warning from the EU and shock footage released last year of heat-stricken sheep struggling to breathe on ships travelling from Australia to the Middle East, Romania continues to export livestock during the height of summer. A Midia port operator official insists conditions aboard the Lady Maria, which flies a Tanzanian flag and has…
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