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US: S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record highs on boosted rate-cut bets
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit intraday record highs at the open on Wednesday (Sep 10), after cooler-than-expected producer inflation data…
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French wine production hit by summer heat waves and wildfires
Output is projected to be 37.4 million hectolitres, down from an August estimate of as much as 42.5 million hectolitres France expects…
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Greta Thunberg's Gaza flotilla hit by drone, organisers claim
One of the Gaza-bound vessels carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists including Greta Thunberg was struck by a drone, the flotilla…
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Cosco Shipping Holdings and Orient Overseas (International) could be hit by over US$2.1 billion in US port fees: HSBC
Chinese lines Cosco Shipping Holdings and Orient Overseas (International) could be hit by US port fees amounting to more than US$2.1…
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Google hit with 2.95-billion-euro EU antitrust fine over adtech practices
Alphabet’s Google was hit with a 2.95-billion-euro (S$4.4 billion) EU antitrust fine on Friday (Sep 5) for anti-competitive practices in…
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US: S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record high after weak jobs data
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit record highs on Friday (Sep 5) after weaker-than-expected August jobs data bolstered expectations for…
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Trump Says His Military Crackdown May Hit Another City Before Chicago
“That’s what set Donald Trump apart from the old conservatism and the old liberalism alike: He knows that America is not just an abstract…
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Mass evacuations in Pakistan’s flooded Punjab hit 300,000 in 48 hours
Nearly 300,000 people have been evacuated in the past 48 hours from flood-hit areas of Pakistan’s Punjab province following the latest…
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Transcript: Trump Threat to Occupy Cities Gets Scarier in Vile Fox Hit
Foser: It’s a fundamentally dishonest charade here. One of the things that we’re seeing is that the very same people who two and three…
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Airbus faces sprint to hit target after about 60 deliveries in August
Airbus needs to deliver planes at a record pace to reach its annual target after delivering about 60 aircraft in August, industry sources…
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Ransomware hack hit Orange telecom, data published on dark web
Telecommunications companies are attractive targets for hackers as they store valuable financial information on customers as well as…
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Japan's 30-year yields hit all-time high ahead of Powell speech
Japanese 30-year government bond yields climbed to a fresh all-time peak on Friday (Aug 22), tracking a rise in US Treasury yields as…
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Illegal immigration hit a record-high of 14 million in the US in 2023, Pew report finds
The number of people in the United States illegally surged to an all-time high of 14 million in 2023, a research group said Thursday, a…
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“Game On”: Dem Governors Hit Back at Texas Forcing Through Rigged Maps
Texas appears to have sparked a redistricting domino effect. Republicans in the Lone Star State forced through their gerrymandered maps…
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The Nineteen-Thirties Novel That’s Become a Surprise Hit in the U.K.
The town of Schliersee, about an hour south of Munich in the Bavarian Alps, has long been a favored holiday retreat, both for summertime…
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Ukrainian drone strikes hit Russia's Belgorod and Volgograd regions
At least three people were injured in Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia's border region of Belgorod, the governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov,…
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US: S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record highs at open on September rate cut hopes
Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Wednesday (Aug 13) with the benchmark S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hitting record highs, underpinned…
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ICE’s Recruitment Drive Just Hit a Disgusting New Low
“Trump’s got all federal agencies kind of coming together for seven days, going out, trying to stop the violent crime, all kinds of stuff.…
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RFK’s War on Antidepressants Will Hit Postpartum Patients Hard
“It got to the point where I was just panicked, and my whole body hurt and ached from the stress. And I just broke down,” she said. She’d…
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Australian military recruits hit 15-year high boosted by TikTok ads
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting…
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Clip shows Thai shop hit by rocket strike, not 'Cambodian military positions'
Footage of a building on fire and shrouded in smoke shows the aftermath of a rocket strike in Thailand's Sisaket province, contrary to…
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Ukraine and Russia strikes hit homes and oil depot near Black Sea
A Russian missile strike has destroyed homes and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine's southern city of Mykolaiv, local officials say. At…
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Bank of England rate cuts deliver £11 billion hit to households
Exactly one year since the Bank of England (BOE) started to cut interest rates, the pressure on households from the highest borrowing…
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BOJ warns US tariffs could hit firms' profits, delay capex plans
Profits of Japanese firms are likely to fall this year because of US tariffs, leading them to downgrade capital expenditure plans, the…