SEVASTOPOL, Crimea - News that Russia hosted the teenage children of Bashar al-Assad at a lavishly-rebuilt Black Sea summer camp in Crimea last year has given a rare look into the personal lives of the Syrian president's family and his close relationship to Moscow.
If a new European law restricting what companies can do with people's online data went into effect tomorrow, almost 1.9 billion Facebook Inc users around the world would be protected by it. The online social network is making changes that ensure the number will be much smaller.
Swaziland's King Mswati III, Africa's last absolute monarch, said on Thursday he was officially renaming the country as the Kingdom of eSwatini.
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday upheld an injunction blocking the U.S. Justice Department from denying public safety grants to so-called sanctuary cities that limit cooperation with the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration.
North Korea has expressed its commitment to "complete denuclearization" of the Korean peninsula and has not attached conditions, South Korea's president said on Thursday, but Washington remains wary and has vowed to maintain "maximum pressure" on Pyongyang.
U.S. stocks fell on Thursday, as technology stocks from Apple to chipmakers declined following a weak forecast on smartphone demand, while a sharp drop in Philip Morris's shares after results weighed on the consumer staples sector.
The bronze statue of a little girl that became a tourism phenomenon by staring down Wall Street's massive "Charging Bull" sculpture is to be moved to a nearby spot where its stern gaze will be on the male-dominated New York Stock Exchange, city officials said on Thursday.
| STOCKS | BONDS | CURRENCIES | COMMODITIES |
|---|
|
| Name | Yield | Change |
|---|---|---|
| US 10YR |
+2.915
|
+0.048 |
| DE 10YR |
+0.595
|
-0.004 |
| JP 10YR |
+0.039
|
+0.000 |
| Name | USD | EUR | JPY |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 1 | 1.2347 | 0.0093 |
| EUR | 0.8097 | 1 | 0.0075 |
| JPY | 107.4000 | 132.6100 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |
1,346.30
USD
|
-4.90
Exp: Apr 18
|
| Copper |
3.12
USD
|
-0.03
Exp: Apr 18
|
| Crude Oil |
68.26
USD
|
-0.21
Exp: Apr 18
|
