MARKETS: Stocks notching record gains, currencies frontrunning a Canadian trade deal
From the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Yahoo Finance's Jared Blikre joins Dion Rabouin to discuss the latest market moves.
From the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Yahoo Finance's Jared Blikre joins Dion Rabouin to discuss the latest market moves.
The delay of Boeing's Starliner launch, which was supposed to take two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station, marked the latest setback for a company already grappling with quality control and safety issues in its aviation business.
As for the guy currently serving in the White House, they call him Biden, or maybe just Joe. In pro-Trump ads, Trump is still “President Trump," even though he left the White House three years ago. Giving Trump the title of president, she said, is a way of signaling that “We share your ideology and we understand — nudge nudge — that Donald Trump is the rightful president.”
Rescuer workers said on Tuesday they had made contact with 11 people under the rubble in a race to save dozens still unaccounted for after a building collapsed in the South African city of George killing at least six.Forty-seven people were still unaccounted for, including the 11 with whom contact had been established.
Stormy Daniels, the porn star at the heart of Donald Trump's hush money trial, was due to testify against the ex-president on Tuesday in a blockbuster moment for the courtroom drama rocking the scandal-plagued Republican's attempt to recapture the White House.- 'Highly conflicted' - This will be the first time that Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, will come face to face in the trial with the ex-president who has spent years insulting her, including while serving in the White House
Police on Tuesday broke up pro-Palestinian demonstrations at universities in Amsterdam and Berlin, which were inspired by similar demonstrations on campuses around the world.The protests in Amsterdam and Berlin followed similar actions at universities around the world, notably in the United States, where some schools have cancelled graduation ceremonies. ric-sr/hmn/yad
Black women die from cancer at higher rates than other racial or ethnic groups. A large-scale study from the American Cancer Society will investigate why.
A deadline is looming for millions of businesses who may be entitled to a payout in a $5.5 billion antitrust settlement with Visa and Mastercard. The settlement stems from a 2005 lawsuit that alleged merchants paid excessive fees to accept Visa and Mastercard credit cards, and that Visa and Mastercard and their member banks acted in violation of antitrust laws. Any businesses that accepted Visa and/or Mastercard credit or debit cards in the U.S. between January 1, 2004 and January 25, 2019 may be eligible to receive part of the settlement.
A mayor in southern Brazil asked residents to ration water Tuesday in a state capital where some 80% of the population is without running water, a week after massive flooding that has left at least 90 people dead and more than 130 missing. Efforts were continuing to rescue people stranded by the f loods in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, as more rains were forecast for the region into next week. The capital, Porto Alegre, has been virtually cut off, with the airport and bus station closed and main roads blocked due to the floodwaters.
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft blasted off with NASA astronauts onboard for the first time on Monday, kicking off a high-stakes test flight to the space station.
Stock markets extended a rally Tuesday on optimism that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year.UBS shares rallied on the Swiss stock exchange, rising more than nine percent in afternoon trading.
EV maker Lucid reported mixed first quarter results as a wider-than-expected loss trumped the company's confirmation that its Gravity SUV is still on track for a 2024 debut.
Disney reported its fiscal second quarter earnings before the bell on Tuesday. Here's what to know.
The United States has repatriated 11 of its citizens from sprawling camps in northeastern Syria that house tens of thousands of family members of suspected Islamic State militants, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday. The repatriation was the largest Washington has carried out from the camps to date, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement. Five of the 11 citizens brought back were children, and one non-U.S. citizen child -- the 9-year-old sibling of one of the other children -- was also brought with them.
Results from Disney took center stage as the media giant posted the first profit for a key part of its streaming business.
Al Jazeera will look to pursue all possible legal action "until the end" to challenge Israel's ban on its operations there, the TV network's news director told AFP in an interview.Speaking on Monday, Al Jazeera English news director Salah Negm said the network would "follow every legal path", adding: "If there is a possibility of challenging that decision we are going to pursue it until the end."
The U.S. President will speak at an event on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.
The visualization, produced on a NASA supercomputer, allows users to experience flight towards a supermassive black hole.
Destructive storms and tornadoes roared through the Plains Monday, As some communities pick up the pieces, new ones must prepare for the threat for strong tornadoes in the Midwest.
These birds of prey are 'a symbol of America's recovering threatened and endangered species.'
The former chair of the White House Council of Economic denies talks surrounding ousting Jerome Powell.