SEOUL - North Korea said it would permanently abolish its key missile facilities in the presence of foreign experts, the latest gesture by leader Kim Jong Un to revive faltering talks with Washington over his country's nuclear program.
Asian stocks rose across the board on Wednesday as expectations that Beijing would implement stimulus to soften the economic blow from the Sino-U.S. trade war helped Chinese shares rally.
President Donald Trump will make the final decision on the number of refugees allowed into the United States after consulting with Congress, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said on Tuesday.
With smart cancer diagnostics, one-stop-shop diabetes kits and AI systems to improve ambulance pick-ups for patients with chest pain, AstraZeneca aims to move from simply supplying drugs to become a broad healthcare provider in China.
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States is considering a request from Poland for a permanent U.S. military presence in the fellow NATO country, acknowledging that he shares Poland's concerns about possible Russian aggression.
Confidence among Asian companies slumped to the weakest in almost three years in the third quarter as businesses feared blowback from a worsening global trade war, a Thomson Reuters/INSEAD survey showed.
"The Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson has spoken with actor Ashley Judd's legal team and could furnish "powerful" testimony supporting her defamation and sexual harassment suit against film producer Harvey Weinstein, her attorney said on Tuesday.
| STOCKS | BONDS | CURRENCIES | COMMODITIES |
|---|
|
| Name | Yield | Change |
|---|---|---|
| US 10YR |
+3.050
|
+0.002 |
| DE 10YR |
+0.492
|
+0.010 |
| JP 10YR |
+0.118
|
+0.003 |
| Name | USD | EUR | JPY |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 1 | 1.1691 | 0.0089 |
| EUR | 0.8551 | 1 | 0.0076 |
| JPY | 112.2800 | 131.2700 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
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| Gold |
1,196.80
USD
|
+0.00
Exp: Sep 18
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| Copper |
2.72
USD
|
+0.01
Exp: Sep 18
|
| Crude Oil |
70.21
USD
|
+0.36
Exp: Sep 18
|
British police were called on Wednesday to an incident where two people have been taken to hospital after reports of a car hitting pedestrians outside a mosque in north-west London.
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