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Asian stocks rise and oil prices slip after Treasury yields ease
Asian stocks rose early Friday as U.S. Treasury yields eased after a rocky week due to worries in the bond market over ...
Emergency reserves, high prices, rationing. How did Japan’s rice crisis get this far?
Rice is essential to Japanese culture, tradition and politics. People take pride in the oval-shaped sticky Japonica grain, ...
How the Trump administration’s move will affect Harvard’s international students
President Donald Trump’s administration escalated its standoff with Harvard University on Thursday, revoking the school’s ...
Trump’s $600 million war chest: How he plans to wield his power in the midterms and beyond
Between a barrage of executive orders, foreign trips and norm-shattering proclamations, Donald Trump has also been busy ...
A look at the deportees on plane that headed for South Sudan from US
The foreign men convicted of crimes who were placed on a deportation flight headed for the chaotic nation of South Sudan were ...
Scarlett Johansson debuts as a director in Cannes with a comic tale of grief and empathy
Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut, “Eleanor the Great,” stars June Squibb as a 94-year-old woman who, out of grief and ...
Mistrust in law enforcement complicates the search for the New Orleans jail escapees
As authorities scour New Orleans for escapees from an audacious jailbreak, they are also confronting entrenched mistrust in ...
Work requirements could transform Medicaid and food aid under US budget bill
The U.S. social safety net would be jolted if the budget bill backed by President Donald Trump and passed Thursday by the ...
Russian hackers target Western firms shipping aid to Ukraine, US intelligence says
Hackers working for Russian military intelligence targeted Western technology and logistics companies involved in shipping ...
Family of Winston-Salem hit-and-run victim speaks out
Winston-Salem police are investigating after a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle over the weekend. A relative of the victim who wanted to remain anonymous said ...
Fewer Americans flying to Mexico, study shows
It says Mexico has stopped being “an attractive destination” with many travelers opting for vacations in Europe, Caribbean and Asia.
North Korea vows to arrest those responsible for failed ship launch
North Korea said Friday it began steps to arrest and investigate those responsible for the failed launch of its second naval destroyer after leader Kim Jong Un expressed ...