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Wall Street climbs as markets brace for possible govt shutdown

Wall Street stocks bounced higher Friday following a pullback in US Treasury yields as markets braced for a looming US government shutdown. Data showed the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index rose 2.4 percent in the 12 months to November, up from 2.3 percent in October, the Commerce Department said in a statement. But the reading came in lower than expected, prompting a pullback in US Treasury bond yields that had...

Search extended for Vanuatu survivors

PORT VILA, Vanuatu – Rescuers say they have expanded a search for...

US diplomats visit Syria to meet Islamist rulers after al-Assad fall

DAMASCUS , Syria – US diplomats are in Syria to meet the...

Japan inspects US air base over spill

TOKYO --Japanese authorities on Friday staged an inspection of a US military...

Macron thanks Gisele Pelicot after France rape trial

PARIS – France’s president on Friday thanked Gisele Pelicot, the woman who...

Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would ‘damage democracy’

Taipei, Taiwan—Taiwanese lawmakers tackled and doused each other with water on Friday as...

Wall Street climbs as markets brace for possible govt shutdown

Wall Street stocks bounced higher Friday following a pullback in US Treasury yields as markets braced for a looming US government shutdown. Data showed the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index rose 2.4 percent in the 12 months to November, up from 2.3 percent in October, the Commerce Department said in a statement. But the reading came in lower than expected, prompting a pullback in US Treasury bond yields that had...

Search extended for Vanuatu survivors

PORT VILA, Vanuatu – Rescuers say they have expanded a search for...

US diplomats visit Syria to meet Islamist rulers after al-Assad fall

DAMASCUS , Syria – US diplomats are in Syria to meet the...

Japan inspects US air base over spill

TOKYO --Japanese authorities on Friday staged an inspection of a US military...

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