Dollar near five-month high ahead of Fed policy decision The dollar edged towards its highest level this year against a basket of peers and U.S. share futures dipped on Wednesday ahead of a Federal Reserve policy decision, though trading was thin with many ... 04/30/2024 - 5:55 pm | View Link
Stocks Drift Lower as Earnings, Economic Data Weigh The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) is down more than 250 points at midday, while the S&P 500 Index (SPX) and Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) are lower as well, with all three major benchmarks eyeing their ... 04/30/2024 - 4:49 am | View Link
Futures Drift Lower as Focus Shifts to Rate Verdict (Reuters) - Futures tracking Wall Street's main indexes were subdued on Tuesday as investors refrained from placing big bets ahead of the interest rate decision at the end of the Federal Reserve's two ... 04/29/2024 - 10:59 pm | View Link
Retail Traders Are Turning Pessimistic on Stocks for First Time Since November Individual investors are pessimistic that the US stock market can bounce back after stumbling in April with inflation remaining stickier than expected and economic growth stalling. 04/25/2024 - 4:43 am | View Link
Energy Flat as Traders Digest Supply Data -- Energy Roundup Shares of energy companies were more or less flat as traders digested oil supply data from earlier in the week. One strategist said recent conventional wisdom about the impact of events in Israel ... 04/24/2024 - 9:57 am | View Link
Both President Joe Biden and Xi Jinping strongly reject the current U. S.-China competition as a new Cold War. As recently as September, Biden said that he doesn’t “want to contain China” and that “we’re all better off if China does well.” Xi, in turn, proclaimed that “China doesn’t want a cold war or a hot war with anyone,” following a meeting between the two in San Francisco in November.
(NEW YORK) — Large numbers of New York City police officers began entering the Columbia University late Tuesday as dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters remained on the campus.
Demonstrators had occupied Hamilton Hall hours earlier after setting up an encampment earlier in the month.
Students had defiantly set up tents again after police cleared an encampment at the university on April 18 and arrested more than 100 people.
mdash; Two men have been charged with cutting down the popular 150-year-old Sycamore Gap tree next to Hadrian’s Wall last year in northern England, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Daniel Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31, were charged with causing criminal damage and damaging the wall built in A. D. 122 by Emperor Hadrian to guard the northwest frontier of the Roman Empire.
They were ordered to appear in Newcastle Magistrates’ Court on May 15.
The sycamore’s majestic canopy between two hills made it a popular subject for landscape photographers.
LONDON — A man wielding a sword attacked members of the public and police officers in a east London suburb Tuesday, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring four others, British authorities said.
A 36-year-old man was arrested in a residential area near Hainault subway station, police said. The incident is not being treated as terror-related or a “targeted attack.”
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Police said the 14-year-old died in the hospital from his injuries.
King Charles III officially returned to public duties on Tuesday, following a months-long period of recuperation since being diagnosed with an undisclosed type of cancer in February.
The 75-year-old monarch opted for a cause close to home to mark his return to work. King Charles and Queen Camilla visited a cancer treatment center in London, where he greeted doctors, held hands with patients, and gave out gifts to children.
Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, became the first member of the British royal family to visit Ukraine since Russia launched its full scale invasion of the country in February 2022. Sophie is the wife of Prince Edward, the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II, and brother of King Charles III.
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The Duchess met Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska during the Monday visit.