Stock Index Futures Slip as Middle East Tensions Weigh, Netflix Shares Plunge S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM24)are down -0.37%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM24) are down -0.53% this morning as worries of a conflict escalation in the Middle East weighed on sentiment ... 04/18/2024 - 11:39 pm | View Link
Stock market today: Asian benchmarks trade mixed amid expectations for US rates to stay high In the oil market, a barrel of U.S. crude for May delivery slipped 10 cents to $85.31 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It fell 25 cents to $85.41 on Monday as ... 04/16/2024 - 9:21 pm | View Link
Asian Markets Trade Mixed Traders also remained cautious amid the geopolitical tensions ... following the mixed cues from Wall Street overnight, with gains in gold miners, financial and energy stocks nearly offset by ... 04/16/2024 - 4:39 pm | View Link
Asian Stocks Follow Wall Street’s Decline Amid Escalating Middle East Tensions I n the wake of Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel over the weekend, tensions in the Middle East have rippled through global financial markets, prompting investors to reassess their positions and ... 04/14/2024 - 9:13 pm | View Link
Stock market today: Asian stocks track Wall Street's decline as Middle East tensions escalate HONG KONG (AP) — Asia stocks pulled back on Monday as worries about potentially escalating tensions in the Middle East rattled financial markets, pushing investors to look for safer places for their ... 04/14/2024 - 5:28 pm | View Link
Elliot Page says he experienced a mixture of feelings when he came out as transgender on an Instagram post in 2021.
“I felt utterly elated and beyond grateful to finally be in a place where I could accept and love myself and do what I needed to and wanted to,” the 37-year-old actor, director, and LGBTQ+ activist told the audience at the 2024 TIME100 Summit in New York City on Wednesday.
Dust clouds from the Sahara desert in North Africa have blown across the Mediterranean Sea and turned Greece’s sky orange on Tuesday. Historic landmarks in the country’s capital Athens, including the ancient citadel of Acropolis, were blanketed in orange dust.
One image, taken from the famous Tourkovounia hills that bisect the city of Athens, shows a man in a face mask taking a photo of the Mars-like view of the city.
King Charles III bestowed honors on his family members and nobles, including a new historically significant title for his daughter-in-law, Kate Middleton.
The King appointed the Princess of Wales to be a Royal Companion of The Order of the Companions of Honour on Tuesday, St George’s Day. The order was founded by King George V in 1917 to recognize outstanding achievements and major contributions over a long period of time to the arts, sciences, medicine, and public service.
As India’s marathon election kicked off its first voting phase last Friday, April 19, unemployment was looming large in the minds of millions of voters—despite the country’s rapid economic growth. Since Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014, economists have been quick to serve India on a silver platter as a powerful rival to China, particularly for its global manufacturing, investment, and growth capabilities.
North Korea sent its highest-level delegation to Iran in about five years as the U. S. raised concerns that arms sales from Pyongyang and Tehran have helped fuel conflicts in the Middle East and Russia’s war in Ukraine.
In a rare public report of the trip, the official Korean Central News Agency said in a one-sentence dispatch the North Korean delegation led by External Economic Relations Minister Yun Jong Ho left Pyongyang for Tehran on Tuesday.
The International Monetary Fund issued a most unusual rebuttal this month. Its spokeswoman Julie Kozack told reporters in Washington that executive director Krishnamurthy Subramanian’s growth forecast of 8% for India did not represent the views of the IMF, which still maintained a projection of 6.5% for the country.
Subramanian’s views—expressed at an event in New Delhi a few days earlier—were in his role as India’s representative at the IMF, she said.