Tests link Syrian government stockpile to sarin attack
THE HAGUE - The Syrian government's chemical weapons stockpile has been linked for the first time by laboratory tests to the largest sarin nerve agent attack of the civil war.
THE HAGUE - The Syrian government's chemical weapons stockpile has been linked for the first time by laboratory tests to the largest sarin nerve agent attack of the civil war.
Mexico and the United States are looking into whether armed U.S. federal air marshals could be deployed on commercial cross-border flights, according to a document seen by Reuters and a Mexican official, as Mexico deepens security ties with its neighbor.
U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Group LP is in advanced talks to buy an approximate 55 percent stake in the Financial and Risk business of Thomson Reuters Corp , a deal that would value the unit at about $20 billion including debt, three sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.
President Donald Trump, battling a probe into his campaign's alleged ties with Russia and struggling to sell Americans on his leadership abilities, will take credit for U.S. economic gains in the past year in an address to Congress on Tuesday night.
When South Korea's Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics last year announced plans to build home appliance factories in the United States, they hoped to sidestep any fallout from President Donald Trump's "America First" manufacturing and jobs mantra.
Britain's economy will be worse off after Brexit whether it leaves the EU with a free trade deal, single market access, or with no deal at all, according to leaked analysis that fed the view that the government is badly prepared.
Instead of blaming others Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei should take responsibility for Iran's economic and political shortcomings, an opposition leader under house arrest said in a letter published on Tuesday.
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| Name | Yield | Change |
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| US 10YR |
+2.697
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-0.002 |
| DE 10YR |
+0.683
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-0.007 |
| JP 10YR |
+0.093
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-0.002 |
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| USD | 1 | 1.2389 | 0.0092 |
| EUR | 0.8071 | 1 | 0.0074 |
| JPY | 108.9300 | 134.9500 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
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| Gold |
1,351.60
USD
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+0.00
Exp: Jan 18
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| Copper |
3.18
USD
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+0.00
Exp: Jan 18
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| Crude Oil |
64.95
USD
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-0.61
Exp: Feb 18
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