Tag: calm

Calm returns to Bolivia following short-lived apparent coup attempt

Calm has returned to Bolivia’s capital after troops led by a top general stormed the presidential palace, then quickly retreated. The tumultuous scenes threatened to pitch the long-troubled South American democracy into chaos. The nation of 12 million watched in shock and bewilderment on Wednesday as Bolivian military forces appeared to turn on the government […]

Kremlin says it hopes calm can be restored in Bolivia after attempted coup

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Thursday it hoped calm would be restored in Bolivia in the wake of an attempted coup, after the Russian Foreign Ministry condemned the plotters and expressed Moscow’s support for the government of President Luis Arce. Bolivian armed forces pulled back from the presidential palace in La Paz on […]

JPMorgan warns of a shock to stock market’s calm from CPI, Fed

(Bloomberg) — Wall Street’s most prominent trading desks from JPMorgan Chase & Co. to Citigroup Inc. are urging investors prepare for a stock market jolt this week after the latest inflation print and the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision, both of which arrive on Wednesday. Most Read from Bloomberg The options market is betting the S&P […]

Emmanuel Macron says priority is return to calm amid unrest in New Caledonia

President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday met with local officials in riot-hit New Caledonia, having crossed the globe by plane in a high-profile show of support for the French Pacific archipelago gripped by deadly unrest. Mr Macron briefly spoke to reporters after he arrived at La Tontouta International Airport, about 31 miles from the New Caledonian […]