Britain's Boris Johnson vowed on Wednesday to fight on and not give in to a chorus of calls for him to resign, but his defiant pledge to keep going was met with derision and disregard from a mounting number of his own lawmakers.
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Investors awaited minutes from the Fed's meeting to gauge the health of the economy and the pace of interest rate hikes.
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