Global stocks sank Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said he was not satisfied with talks that are aimed at averting a trade war with China. Equities were also dented by poor eurozone economic data, and as Trump cast doubt on a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “Trump (is) continuing to drive uncertainty over global trade,” said analyst Joshua Mahony at trading firm IG. “European markets are following their Asian counterparts lower, as a pessimistic tone from Trump is compounded by downbeat economic data,” he added. Markets had surged Monday after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He said they had agreed to pull back from imposing threatened tariffs on billions of dollars of goods, and continue talks on a variety of trade issues. However, Trump has declared that he was “not satisfied” with the status of the talks, fuelling worries that the world’s top two economies could still slug out an economically pain...
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An unidentified man has just jumped into the Lagos lagoon from the Lekki-Ikoyi bridge
Officials of the Lagos waterways authority and other emergency services are at the scene, combing the water in a rescue attempt.
The man is suspected to jumped into the lagoon in a suicide attempt.The latest incident comes six months after a medical doctor Mr. Allwell Orji jumped to his death from the third mainland bridge
An unidentified man has just jumped into the Lagos lagoon from the Lekki-Ikoyi bridge
Officials of the Lagos waterways authority and other emergency services are at the scene, combing the water in a rescue attempt.
The man is suspected to jumped into the lagoon in a suicide attempt.The latest incident comes six months after a medical doctor Mr. Allwell Orji jumped to his death from the third mainland bridge
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