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
The lead song of the The Weeknd's new My Dear Melancholy album "Call Out My Name" tallied 6 million streams during its first 24 hours on Apple Music.
On Spotify, the same song drew 3.5 million streams during the same period. The numbers come despite Spotify boasting over 120 million more users. The Weeknd also released two exclusive music videos to the streaming service from the EP. The Verge also points out that this is the third time Apple Music has outperformed Spotify on a major release in the past 13 months. Overall, My Dear Melancholy brought in 26 million streams in its first day on Apple Music.
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