KOROR, Palau - Empty hotel rooms, idle tour boats and shuttered travel agencies reveal widening fissures in the tiny Pacific nation of Palau, which is caught in an escalating diplomatic tug-of-war between China and Taiwan.
Former U.N. Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan died on Saturday at the age of 80, his foundation said, after decades of championing efforts to try to end protracted conflicts in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
From creating 10 million jobs to building an Islamic welfare state and restoring Pakistan's tattered image abroad, new premier Imran Khan is facing a problem of his own making: runaway expectations raised by his lofty rhetoric.
When Andrew Brunson saw a police summons on his door in late summer 2016, the U.S. evangelical pastor thought it was a routine appointment to sort out his residency papers in Turkey, his home for nearly a quarter of a century.
Secondary schools for girls across the United States are grappling with a difficult and increasingly common question: what is the best approach when a student or applicant no longer identifies as female or is going through a gender transition?
Russian President Vladimir Putin danced arm-in-arm with Austria's Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl at her wedding on Saturday, after receiving an invitation that opposition critics said undermined the West's stance against Moscow.
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| Name | Yield | Change |
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| US 10YR |
+2.864
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+0.000 |
| DE 10YR |
+0.312
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+0.008 |
| JP 10YR |
+0.096
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+0.001 |
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| USD | 1 | 1.1437 | 0.0090 |
| EUR | 0.8740 | 1 | 0.0079 |
| JPY | 110.4900 | 126.3700 | 1 |
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| Gold |
1,181.20
USD
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+5.00
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| Copper |
2.62
USD
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+0.01
Exp: Aug 18
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| Crude Oil |
65.92
USD
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+0.46
Exp: Aug 18
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A massive quake of magnitude 8.2 struck in the Pacific Ocean close to Fiji and Tonga on Sunday but it was so deep that it did not cause any damage, authorities in Fiji said.
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