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Hong Kong officials mark beginning of official mourning period with moment of silence Hong Kong officials have held a moment of silence at the start of a three-day mourning period to remember those killed after the city’s deadliest fire in nearly 80 years. At least 128 people are now known to have died in the…
Homicide detectives in Trinidad and Tobago are investigating the suspected murder of an American man after reportedly going out to try to purchase marijuana. The victim has been identified as Christopher Brown, 43, a builder from Silverthorne, Colorado, according to Trinidad and Tobago Police Service. Police were told that Brown had dinner and drinks with…
Alexander Lukashenko’s visit comes shortly before military government holds national polls widely condemned as a sham. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has arrived in Myanmar on a goodwill visit seen as lending support to the Southeast Asian country’s military government in advance of a widely condemned national election set to be held next month. Myanmar state…
Gold has been on a tear this year, and now a Goldman Sachs survey shows many investors think the precious metal will hit a new all-time high of $5,000 by the end of 2026. Gold prices have rallied 58.6% year-to-date, and broke through the landmark $4,000 level for the first time on Oct. 8. In…
The busiest shopping day of the year is coming to a close. With almost every major retailer offering their best sales of the year, you’ve got only a few hours left to shop Black Friday deals. Those Ugg clogs you’ve been dreaming about? The AirPods at the top of your wishlist? The Lego set that…
Senegal’s prime minister and Nigeria’s former president have both said they do not believe the ousting of Guinea-Bissau’s president by the country’s military was a genuine coup. Former President Umaro Sissoco Embaló’s apparent removal came a day before authorities were due to announce election results. The military has since suspended the electoral process and blocked…
The Ukrainian President’s chief of staff Andriy Yermak, who was also part of Ukraine’s peace deal negotiations with the U.S., has resigned after his home was raided in a major investigation into corruption in the country. Two national agencies investigating a $100 million energy sector corruption scandal involving top Ukrainian officials in the country said…
CME blamed the outage, which halted trading for more than 11 hours, on a cooling failure at a data centre in Chicago. Global futures markets were thrown into chaos for several hours after CME Group, the world’s largest exchange operator, suffered one of its longest outages in years, halting trading across stocks, bonds, commodities and…
LONDON — European stocks were largely positive on Friday as investors digest the end of a choppy month. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was up almost 0.2% by 4:00 p.m. in London (11:00 a.m. ET), with major bourses and most sectors in positive territory. November has been a volatile month for equities with fears of stretched…
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