Marine Le Pen’s far-right party edged just ahead of the centrist alliance of President Macron in exit polls as French voters led what pollsters expected to be a nationalist surge in an EU parliament election.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday spoke to Narendra Modi and congratulated the Indian leader on the runaway election victory of his Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), both countries said on Sunday.
Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) suffered a humbling blow on Sunday, failing to win the most votes in the state of Bremen for the first time in 73 years, but their leader vowed to stay in government with Angela Merkel's conservatives.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embarked on Sunday on what he termed a "final effort" to break a deadlock on forming a governing coalition ahead of a Wednesday deadline for a deal.
Four people were killed and seven others injured on Sunday in three separate explosions in the Nepali capital, Kathmandu, and police said they suspected a Maoist splinter group may have been responsible.
Thousands of protesters marched through central Hong Kong on Sunday as part of annual demonstrations demanding that China be held accountable for its democracy crackdown in and around Tiananmen Square three decades ago.
A magnitude 8 earthquake killed one person, destroyed dozens of homes and disrupted some oil operations as it rocked Peru early on Sunday, authorities said.
| STOCKS | BONDS | CURRENCIES | COMMODITIES |
|---|
|
| Name | Yield | Change |
|---|---|---|
| US 10YR |
+2.324
|
+0.000 |
| DE 10YR |
-0.116
|
+0.001 |
| JP 10YR |
-0.060
|
+0.008 |
| Name | USD | EUR | JPY |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 1 | 1.1209 | 0.0091 |
| EUR | 0.8920 | 1 | 0.0082 |
| JPY | 109.3400 | 122.5600 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |
1,283.00
USD
|
+0.00
Exp: May 19
|
| Copper |
2.71
USD
|
+0.00
Exp: May 19
|
| Crude Oil |
58.63
USD
|
+0.00
Exp: Jun 19
|
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