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The Climate Hunters: The three young women racing to defuse a climate-change bomb

The researchers, all in their 20s, pursue an invisible threat to the planet: methane. Although not as famous as carbon dioxide, methane’s levels have surged, and scientists aren’t sure why. Finding answers is an urgent mission in a place where some of the most dramatic climate changes are starkly visible, and the biggest dangers may await.

Wall Street drops as trade tensions spike

The Wall Street's main indexes dropped on Friday, after the Montana Farm Bureau said Chinese agriculture officials who were due to visit U.S. farm states next week canceled their trip, dampening optimism on U.S.-China trade talks.

2:14pm EDT

New York Mayor de Blasio ends presidential bid, draws Trump's sarcasm

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Friday ended his 2020 presidential campaign that was overshadowed by better-known liberal Democrats, and drew a sarcastic farewell from a fellow New Yorker, President Donald Trump.

2:17pm EDT

IS fighters hid among Afghan pine nut harvesters during U.S. drone strike: U.S. official

A senior U.S. defense official in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Friday said Islamic State fighters were hiding among pine nut harvesters when a U.S. drone strike in eastern Afghanistan killed at least 32 people.

10:47am EDT

Trump says whistleblower complaint relates to 'totally appropriate conversation'

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday told reporters a whistleblower complaint against him that has roiled Washington relates to a "totally appropriate conversation."

12:10pm EDT

Mould-breaking court to shape Britain's Brexit agony

Britain is renowned for its ancient, august and male-dominated institutions - yet its biggest moment since World War Two may be shaped by a mere decade-old court run by a very modern woman.

11:35am EDT

Pro-China groups to tear down pro-democracy graffiti in Hong Kong

A pro-Beijing Hong Kong lawmaker urged supporters to pull down "Lennon Walls" on Saturday across the Chinese-ruled city, where the displays of anti-government graffiti have sometimes been flashpoints during more than three months of unrest.

12:44pm EDT

Name	Yield	Change
US 10YR	+1.775 12:14pm EDT	+0.001
DE 10YR	-0.525 1:16pm EDT	-0.005
JP 10YR	-0.211 10:57am EDT	+0.003

Name	USD	EUR	JPY
USD	1	1.1016	0.0093
EUR	0.9074	1	0.0084
JPY	107.6400	118.5800	1

Index	Last	Chg
Gold	1,503.00 USD 7:24am EDT	+4.60 Exp: Sep 19
Copper	2.58 USD 1:21pm EDT	-0.02 Exp: Sep 19
Crude Oil	58.13 USD 2:15pm EDT	+0.00 Exp: Sep 19

Business & Financial News, U.S & International Breaking News

U.S. lifts tariffs on 400 Chinese products, Trump wants 'complete' trade deal

California, 22 other states take Trump to court over climate change rules

U.S. senators urge FDA to remove pod, cartridge-based e-cigarettes from market

U.S. scientists join effort to solve mysterious vaping-related illnesses

Media visit Saudi oil plant damaged in strike blamed on Iran

Oil heading for 7% weekly gain after Saudi attacks

Inside Saudi Arabia's response to the raid

Trudeau pledges assault rifle ban, pivots campaign amid scandal

Fedspeak: recession, bubbles, 'in a good place'

Area 51 raid morphs into pre-dawn celebration

Fund managers gird for long trade war after FedEx slide