HONG KONG (AP) — The final arguments in prominent Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai’s national security trial were postponed Friday after his lawyer said the former pro-democracy newspaper founder had experienced heart palpitations and the judges wanted him to receive medical treatment first. Lai, the 77-year-old founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, was arrested…
(Bloomberg) — Across equity, bond and currency markets, gauges of volatility are slumping to their lowest levels of the year. The Cboe Volatility Index, which measures the expected 30-day volatility for the S&P 500 — and dubbed Wall Street’s fear gauge — just fell to its lowest since December. A similar index for global currencies…
By Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Wednesday that its stance on ending the war in Ukraine has not changed since President Vladimir Putin set out his conditions last year: the full withdrawal of Kyiv’s forces from key Ukrainian regions and the abandonment of its NATO ambitions. Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump are…
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By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Finance and Markets Buoyant stock markets and an event-free Monday are allowing investors to prep for the three big events of the week: Tuesday’s U.S. consumer inflation report, the China trade deadline and Friday’s U.S.-Russia summit in…
President Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine will engage in “land swapping” that will be “good” and “bad” for both countries, a key part of his push to end the years-long war. The president’s comments on Monday follow insistence from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that his country would not trade land for peace, and underscore…
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge denied on Monday the Justice Department’s bid to unseal records from the grand jury that indicted the late financier Jeffrey Epstein’s partner Ghislaine Maxwell on sex trafficking charges, writing that the records did not answer lingering questions from the public about their crimes or Epstein’s death….
Elon Musk finished dead last in favorability in a recent Gallup poll asking Americans to assess 14 world figures. What Happened: Musk’s approval ratings have taken a nosedive following his contentious tenure at the White House and the ensuing fallout with President Donald Trump. Musk’s actions have not only tarnished his personal image but have also…
Taiwan has often compared itself to being a “shrimp between two whales”. That expression has never been more apt than today with the US and China – which considers Taiwan to be part of its territory – locked in a standoff over the future of the island. At an event I attended some years ago,…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and other major indexes remained mixed but weakened further Thursday midday, as investors scoured over earnings reports and President Donald Trump announced his chip tariff plan. Trump also made comments about the leader of Intel, causing its shares to sink on the stock market today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average…