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Hopes fade in fourth day of search for dozens missing in Karachi shopping plaza fire
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — The search for dozens of people reported missing after a massive fire at a shopping plaza in Pakistan’s largest…
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Merz hopes EU-India trade agreement can be signed at January summit
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday that he hopes an EU free trade agreement with India can be signed at a summit on January…
Culture
Oil settles up over 2% on dented peace hopes in Ukraine, tensions in Yemen
Strong Chinese waterborne crude imports are also helping tighten oil markets, said UBS analyst Giovanni Staunovo Oil prices settled more…
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What Sadie Sink Hopes Fans Will Remember Most About Max Mayfield
Sadie Sink—the now 23-year-old actress whose star took off when she joined the ensemble cast of Netflix’s Stranger Things during its…
Culture
Oil falls 2% on looming supply glut, hopes of Ukraine peace deal
Oil prices settled more than 2 per cent lower on Friday (Dec 26) as investors weighed a looming global supply glut, while also keeping an…
Business
Germany's transport minister dampens hopes for cheaper flight tickets
Germany's Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder has warned that a planned reduction in the country's air travel ticket taxwill not…
Culture
Asian markets rally again as rate cut hopes bring Christmas cheer
EQUITIES extended a global rally on Tuesday, while gold and silver hit fresh records as optimism for more US interest rate cuts and an…
Culture
Chinese airlines see hopes dim for profit return with Japan spat
China’s “Big Three” have racked up combined losses of 206.4 billion yuan (S$37.7 billion) from 2020 to 2024 THE standoff between China and…
Culture
Asia: Markets rally with Wall Street as rate hopes rise, AI fears ease
ASIAN markets rallied on Monday and gold hit a record high as the latest round of US data boosted hopes for more interest rate cuts, while…
Culture
Emerging markets bring high hopes for 2026 after stellar year
This year’s capital rush into the sector is a sign more investors are allocating to a sector that’s been out of favour after years of…
Business
Lula hopes for EU-Mercosur deal in January despite last-minute dither
Following the renewed delay in finalizing the free trade agreement between the European Union and four Mercosur countries, Brazil's…
Business
Brazil's Lula hopes EU-Mercosur trade deal will be signed in January
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Saturday he hopes the massive free-trade deal between South American…
Culture
Indexes end near flat, supported by Fed hopes but dragged by Amazon
Markets are pricing in an 87% chance the central bank will cut rates by 25 basis points this month US stocks closed near the unchanged…
Culture
European shares clock monthly gains on Fed rate cut hopes
Next week, investors expect some focus on Russia-Ukraine peace talks. European shares ended higher on Friday (Nov 28), capping a strong…
Culture
Europe’s Stoxx 600 climbs on Fed cut hopes; banks rally post-UK budget announcement
EUROPE’S main equity indexes closed higher on Wednesday, led by technology stocks as growing expectations of a US rate cut boosted global…
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Mike Johnson Lets Slip How He Hopes to Block Epstein Files Release
A federal appeals court panel affirmed the dismissal Tuesday of President Donald Trump’s $475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN for…
Culture
US: Wall Street tumbles as tech selloff extends, rate cut hopes fade
Wall Street’s main indexes dipped on Friday (Nov 14), driven by a renewed sell-off in technology stocks, while hawkish commentary from…
Culture
Asia: Markets up on hopes over shutdown deal, rate cut
EQUITIES rose in Asia on Wednesday as the US shutdown nears an end and after fresh jobs data boosted the chances of a third successive…
Culture
US: Wall Street advances on hopes of government reopening
WALL Street’s main indexes opened higher on Monday (Nov 10), with risk sentiment aided by signs of progress in Washington to end a record…
Culture
Asia: Markets boosted by hopes for deal to end US shutdown
EQUITIES rallied on Monday on hopes that the US government shutdown could be nearing an end after reports said lawmakers had reached a…
Culture
Crude oil recovers late in session on hopes over US-Hungary meeting
Crude prices recovered from a midday dip on Friday on hopes Hungary can use Russian crude oil as US President Donald Trump met Hungary’s…
Culture
China starts work on easing rare earth export rules but short of Trump hopes
China has begun designing a new rare earth licensing regime that could speed up shipments, but it is unlikely to amount to a complete…
Culture
Nvidia shares soar as Trump fuels hopes of China Blackwell sales
The tech company’s shares extended gains to 8.5% in Asian trading on the alternative platform Blue Ocean NVIDIA’S shares extended their…
Culture
US: Wall Street opens at record highs on US-China trade hopes
WALL Street’s main indexes opened at record highs on Monday (Oct 27), as expectations of a US-China trade truce fuelled risk-taking in a…