Investors on Thursday latched onto the more encouraging aspects of mixed signals surrounding an end to war in the Middle East, pushing stocks higher and oil prices lower. Worries over AI weighed on tech, but other sectors did the heavy lifting, as attention now turns to U.S. employment data on Friday.
The White House’s top Europe expert is set to leave in the coming days, part of a staff shake-up that some sources say could give Secretary of State Marco Rubio tighter day-to-day control over policymaking at the National Security Council.
Wall Street advanced on Thursday as progress toward ending the Iran war buoyed investor sentiment, while disappointing results from Broadcom led a chip selloff that pulled the Nasdaq lower.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Bill Pulte’s appointment as acting intelligence director is for the short term and not a permanent position.
Residents attacked an Ebola burial team in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province this week, forcing responders to abandon a coffin and raising fears of further transmission, the health ministry said.
Walmart investors on Thursday voted against a shareholder proposal asking it to report on how its use of AI is affecting the well-being of its workforce, according to preliminary voting results from the retailer’s annual shareholders’ meeting.
Wall Street banks are competing to offer special events for wealthy clients trying to get a piece of the SpaceX IPO, with Bank of America and JPMorgan hosting splashy events ahead of its launch next week and some bank CEOs involved in the action.
Residents of Gaza, south Lebanon, northern Israel and Kuwait were all under fire this week despite U.S.-arranged ceasefires supposedly in force in their regions.
Ukrainian attacks killed four people in the Russia-annexed Crimea peninsula, Kremlin-installed officials in the region said on Thursday, one day after Moscow and Kyiv traded strikes on each other’s cities.