By MarketsFarm
WINNIPEG, Oct. 25 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.
– Sudan’s military has staged a coup in the African country, overthrowing a transitional government that had been put in place after the ousting of former leader Omar al-Bashir two years ago. Numerous government officials were detained, including Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdock. The military has announced a state of emergency, but said it was still committed to a democratic transition and elections in July 2023.
– Children in China as young as three years of age will soon begin receiving COVID-19 vaccines, according to reports. China is taking a zero-tolerance approach to new outbreaks, with a number of provinces also facing new lockdown measures.
– Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a new record in 2020, according to new data from the World Meteorological Organization. In its annual report, the United Nations agency said concentrations of carbon dioxide hit 413.2 parts per million, with the current rate of increases likely to result in temperature rises well above the 2015 Paris Agreement 1.5 degrees Celsius target.
