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U.S. stocks flipped to gains as an earnings bonanza drove sizable moves. [...]
Some investors, sensing a potential shift in momentum, are getting behind trades that could pay out if Donald Trump beats Kamala Harris in the presidential election. [...]
Gold rose for a sixth consecutive session, settling up 0.8% at a new record high, and silver rose 2.8%, up for three consecutive sessions. [...]
An enforcement action is expected as soon as this week pertaining to bank’s Apple credit-card program [...]
The dollar was holding steady against its peers Tuesday. Shifts in U.S. election expectations will likely influence the greenback as the November vote nears, Danske Bank said, with a Trump win strengthening the dollar and a Harris win weakening it. [...]
The brackets that determine how much Americans pay in taxes each year are moving up by their smallest amount in a few years. [...]
Gain insight on energy demand in Southeast Asia, Australia’s net zero target and more in the latest Market Talks covering ESG Impact Investing. [...]
U.S. natural gas futures hovered around yesterday’s levels with the market looking ahead for colder weather to lift heating demand. [...]
Untitled (Yinchuan, Ningxia), by Daniel Taka (CC BY-ND 2.0) [...]
China’s relationship with Israel has soured over the past year. Throughout Israel’s war in Gaza, China has repeatedly blamed Israel and its American backing for the continuation of violence, and has attempted to play the role of mediator between Palestinian factions, thereby winning some support [...]
Chinese internet users are taking issue with a recent announcement that the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) and Ministry of Education are trying to standardize online speech by cracking down on the use of “irregular and uncivilized language and text” appearing on the homepages, trending [...]
In a remarkable interview, a censor for one of China’s biggest search engines described what gets deleted from the Chinese internet and how—as well as their perspective on the morality of their work. The interview was published by Mang Mang, an independent Chinese-language magazine that [...]
The latest draconian decree issued by the Taliban on Monday was a gradual media ban on all images of living things in news coverage. Repression of the media and civil rights may be even harsher under the Taliban than under the CCP, but there has [...]
Songjiang Tram, Shanghai, by emperornie (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) [...]
Two years after Peng Lifa’s courageous one-man protest on Beijing’s Sitong Bridge against Xi Jinping and the CCP’s autocratic rule, his whereabouts are still unknown, although it is widely presumed that he remains under detention. During his October 13, 2022 protest, Peng shouted slogans through [...]
SARS-CoV-2 has an enzyme that can counteract a cell's innate defense mechanism against viruses, explaining why it is more infectious than the previous SARS and MERS-causing viruses. The discovery may point the way to the development of more effective drugs against this and possibly similar, [...]
New research investigated responses to sweetened beverage taxes using the purchasing behavior of approximately 400 households in Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland and Philadelphia. Researchers found that after the tax was introduced, lower-income households decreased their purchases of sweetened beverages by nearly 50%, while higher-income households [...]
Docudrama can lead people to be more empathetic toward people who are stigmatized in society, a new study finds. [...]
Scientists paint a compelling picture of what happened the day the S2 meteorite crashed into Earth 3.26 billion years ago. [...]
A new modeling study shows that the El Nino event, a huge blob of warm ocean water in the tropical Pacific Ocean that can change rainfall patterns around the globe, was present at least 250 million years in the past, and was often of greater [...]
Microorganisms growing in landfills, on agricultural land and in wetlands are contributing to skyrocketing levels of atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas, according to new research. [...]
More than 800,000 km2 of the Arctic were affected by human activity in 2013, according to an analysis of satellite-derived data on artificial light at night. On average, 85% of the light-polluted areas are due to industrial activities rather than urban development. [...]
Researchers who work with bacteriophages -- viruses that eat bacteria -- had a pleasant and potentially very important surprise after treating samples to view under an electron microscope: they had joined together into three-dimensional shapes that look like sunflowers, but only two-tenths of a millimetre [...]
Lebanese tell BBC their residential building was brought down on top of them, killing 18 including children. [...]
The BBC’s Orla Guerin is taken on a tour of Al Sahel Hospital in Beirut. [...]
The arrest of seven East Jerusalemites follows that of seven Israeli Jews allegedly acting for Iran. [...]
The Israeli military says the strike, which destroyed several buildings, hit a Hezbollah target. [...]
Alaa Abdel Fattah is a British-Egyptian national who has spent most of the last decade in jail. [...]
Israeli forces are besieging hospitals and shelters, medics say. The Israeli military says Hamas has regrouped in the area. [...]
Attacks across Lebanon hit branches of Al-Qard al-Hassan, where Israel says Hezbollah stores its funds. [...]
The documents are said to describe satellite imagery showing Israel moving military assets. [...]
Iran and Russia may seek to foment violence after the vote, according to a newly declassified analysis. [...]
Viktor Bout’s talks with the Houthis show that Moscow has few limits. [...]
An epidemic of land theft in Brazil has sparked an unprecedented natural disaster. [...]
His foreign policy is more aptly described as pro-dictator. [...]
The island’s humanitarian crisis could rebound against the United States. [...]
Innovation happens through international networks like the one running through Queen Square. [...]
Why hardline populists now always say everyone else are the extremists. [...]
Last week’s state visit to Berlin might be the last feel-good transatlantic moment for a while. [...]
[Liberian Observer] Monrovia -- House's Speaker Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa has vowed not to bow to old tactics or maneuver of the removals of former Speakers, by not resigning or recusing himself; but stressed that he can only be removed by 49 lawmakers, the requisite [...]
[VOA] Washington -- Global internet freedom has declined for the 14th straight year, according to Freedom House's Freedom on the Net 2024 report. VOA's Philip Alexiou spoke with Elizabeth Sutterlin, a researcher at the advocacy group, on October 21. Sutterlin outlined the various tactics used [...]
[VOA] Jerez De La Frontera and London -- As many European Union countries call for the bloc to clamp down on migration amid a surge in support for right-wing political parties, Spain is bucking the trend and insists Europe's aging population needs controlled migration to [...]
[The Conversation Africa] Breast cancer is the number one cancer among women: more than 2 million cases were diagnosed worldwide in 2022. It is also particularly challenging to treat. Physiologist Anna-Mart Engelbrecht, who heads the Cancer Research Group at Stellenbosch University, explains why this is [...]
[African Arguments] Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing [...]
[Africa Check] Nigeria's food and drug control agency denies issuing bread warning [...]
[GroundUp] Residents in Lugada walk far distances to collect water from a wellpoint [...]
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Justice Eric Ogola has declined a plea for additional time allocation for the filing of applications against a three-judge bench considering petitions against Rigathi Gachagua's impeachment. [...]
