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Treasury yields maintained their upward momentum early Thursday after hitting a 19-year high in the previous session, following a U.S. business activity print that amplified expectations for Federal Reserve interest rate hikes. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield was up one basis point to 5.124%, after reaching a 19-year high on Wednesday, jumping more than 13…
The government of Yemen is seeking U.S. military support in its fight against the Houthis, a senior Yemeni official said Wednesday, as the Iranian-backed rebels rapidly expand their control of Yemen’s Red Sea coast and threaten another critical Middle East waterway for global energy supplies. Yemen’s president, Rashad al-Alimi, conveyed the request for U.S. assistance…
An artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI “infiltrated” an Australian government website in June, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said. The agent hacked a statistics portal containing “non-sensitive” data from Australia’s universal healthcare scheme Medicare, Albanese said in New York on Wednesday, local time. He had a “very frank discussion” with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman…
British Royal Air Force jet crashes in Wales during training, narrowly missing buildings – CBS News Watch CBS News A video shows a British Royal Air Force jet struggling to gain altitude just before it crashed in Wales. The two pilots ejected in time and were treated for minor injuries. Leigh Kiniry reports.
China’s President Xi Jinping has touched down at Joint Base Andrews as he begins a much anticipated official state visit. US counterpart Donald Trump took the rare step and greeted Xi in person on the tarmac. Published On 23 Sep 202623 Sep 2026 Share China’s Xi arrives to Trump welcome on state visit on social…
A worker is seen on a container truck at the Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan in Ningbo, in China’s eastern Zhejiang Province on September 22, 2026. Hector Retamal | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — The trade deficit that escalated tensions between China and the U.S. in recent years has yet to shrink significantly, and the world’s…
An attempted traffic stop by federal immigration officers ended in a deadly crash Sunday after the driver fled and smashed his car into a tree in Grand Rapids, Michigan, according to police. The driver, a Guatemalan national, was pronounced dead at the scene. Rosario Ovando, consul general of Guatemala in Chicago, which serves Michigan, identified…
On Tuesday, a strike in the southern town of Alamata killed at least 14 people and injured 22 others, according to the Tigrayan authorities. The town’s mayor, Mogos Shiferaw, told the BBC that more than five drones and one fighter jet had carried out more than 21 strikes starting at around 03:30. “This caused a…
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen will attack U.S. interests in the Middle East if Washington intervenes in the conflict in support of Saudi Arabia, including by attempting to thwart Houthi efforts to blockade Saudi shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a military adviser for the group told the AFP news agency Wednesday. “If America…
Manchester, United Kingdom – Agnes Peters, a care worker from Manchester, vividly remembers the moment she was targeted for her race. “I was coming back from work,” she said, her voice low from a table in a Manchester library’s cafe. “I was in my uniform … and they told me to go back to my…
