A lawyer for Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, said she will not testify on Monday as Republicans want but would be willing to appear next week if certain terms are met.
Asian stocks extended gains on Friday after Wall Street's S&P 500 set a new all-time high, while the dollar slipped as investors viewed Beijing's and Washington's fresh exchange of import tariffs as less harmful than initially feared.
North Korea's Kim Jong Un wants a second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump soon to hasten denuclearization, but a key goal is declaring an end this year to the 1950-53 Korean War, the South's President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday.
Hong Kong's first bullet train glides out of a sleek harborfront railway station bound for mainland China on Saturday, launching a new era of integration and raising fears for some for the territory's cherished freedoms.
Rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight pleaded no contest in a Los Angeles court on Thursday to a charge of manslaughter for a 2015 hit-and-run killing, accepting a 28-year prison sentence under a deal with prosecutors days before his murder trial was to begin.
A Pennsylvania judge on Thursday denied a request by prosecutors to allow additional women who have accused comedian Bill Cosby of sexual misconduct to tell their stories at his sentencing hearing on a sexual assault conviction.
A planet-hunting orbital telescope designed to detect worlds beyond our solar system discovered two distant planets this week five months after its launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, officials said on Thursday.
| STOCKS | BONDS | CURRENCIES | COMMODITIES |
|---|
|
| Name | Yield | Change |
|---|---|---|
| US 10YR |
+3.066
|
-0.012 |
| DE 10YR |
+0.468
|
-0.012 |
| JP 10YR |
+0.119
|
+0.001 |
| Name | USD | EUR | JPY |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 1 | 1.1779 | 0.0089 |
| EUR | 0.8490 | 1 | 0.0075 |
| JPY | 112.5000 | 132.5000 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |
1,206.20
USD
|
+0.00
Exp: Sep 18
|
| Copper |
2.72
USD
|
+0.00
Exp: Sep 18
|
| Crude Oil |
70.21
USD
|
-0.11
Exp: Oct 18
|
At least 42 people drowned when a ferry sank on Thursday in Tanzania's Lake Victoria and government officials feared the final death toll could be more than 200, a senior local official said.
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