Iran warned President Trump against being dragged into all-out war in the Middle East following an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, which Washington and Riyadh blame on Tehran.
The Trump administration on Thursday is expected to revoke California's authority to set its own greenhouse gas and vehicle fuel efficiency standards, a move with high stakes for the auto industry, consumers and the environment.
After a summer of wildfires, heat waves and hurricanes, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he is banking on new pledges from governments and businesses to abandon fossil fuels during a special climate summit in New York on Monday.
New York has extended its lead as the world's top financial center, with London barely holding on to second place ahead of Hong Kong as uncertainty over Brexit takes its toll on the UK capital, a Z/Yen Group survey for 2019 showed on Thursday.
The Hong Kong government on Thursday set the rules for an open dialogue between leader Carrie Lam and the public next week, telling those taking part to be "orderly" and not bring along loudhailers, bunting or umbrellas.
A positive start in Europe nudged the main world share indexes and bond yields higher on Thursday, after the U.S. Federal Reserve's second interest rate cut of the year while Japan and others kept their limited remaining powder dry.
A Tokyo court cleared on Thursday three former Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) executives of negligence for the 2011 Fukushima disaster, the only criminal case to arise out of the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986.
| STOCKS | BONDS | CURRENCIES | COMMODITIES |
|---|
|
| Name | Yield | Change |
|---|---|---|
| US 10YR |
+1.791
|
+0.007 |
| DE 10YR |
-0.497
|
+0.015 |
| JP 10YR |
-0.223
|
+0.004 |
| Name | USD | EUR | JPY |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 1 | 1.1069 | 0.0093 |
| EUR | 0.9033 | 1 | 0.0084 |
| JPY | 107.9400 | 119.4800 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |
1,496.10
USD
|
-11.40
Exp: Sep 19
|
| Copper |
2.59
USD
|
-0.01
Exp: Sep 19
|
| Crude Oil |
59.26
USD
|
+1.15
Exp: Sep 19
|
Media and communications giant Comcast Corp has struck a distribution deal with digital global sports provider DAZN Group, further blurring the line between traditional television operators and streaming services that have disrupted them.
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