Asian shares rose Tuesday despite continuing worries about the health of the global economy ahead of trade talks between the U.S. and China. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 1.0% to 21,587.78 and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 added 0.5% to 6,593.40. South Korea’s Kospi gained 1.2% to 2,045.90. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng climbed 0.7% to 25,992.12. Chinese […]
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Trump suddenly announced Sunday night that he’s pulling out U.S. troops backing the Kurds who have spent years battling ISIS and losing thousands of fighters. Trump took the action after a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, stunning Pentagon officials. “This is just insane,” Noah said. “The Kurds have been essential in America’s
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Richard Sherman has a strong message for anyone still doubting the unbeaten San Francisco 49ers. “Don’t flip-flop,” Sherman said after the 49ers thumped the Cleveland Browns 31-3 on Monday night. “If you said we weren’t going to make it, you said we were some way early on, stick with that position. Hold it. Don’t try
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Two brothers have decided to film their father’s battle with terminal cancer to help their family and others cope. Marcus and Robin Brooker, from near Sudbury in Suffolk, hope their documentary will break the taboos surrounding the disease and encourage people to talk about it. Their father John, 74, was diagnosed in 2004 but has
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“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert thinks the hosts at Fox News might be starting to get nervous that they could lose the support of President Donald Trump. Colbert played a clip of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) calling out Trump on “Fox & Friends” over his decision to pull U.S. troops out of northern Syria as Turkey
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Captain Cook arrived in New Zealand exactly 250 years ago, leading the first European fleet to reach its shores. New Zealand (or Aotearoa) is marking the anniversary in a big way, but Maori activist Tina Ngata says there is little to celebrate. She says Maori people are disproportionately poor, in jail and discriminated against, and
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Saitoti Petro scans a dirt road in northern Tanzania for recent signs of the top predator on the African savannah. “If you see a lion,” he warns, “stop and look it straight in the eyes — you must never run.” Petro points to a fresh track in the dirt, a paw print measuring nearly the
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With the game tied 3-3 in overtime, Nick Foligno stole the puck from Buffalo’s Jack Eichel at the back boards and passed out to Alexandre Texier skating free through the right circle. The rookie sealed the first win of the season for the Columbus Blue Jackets. The 20-year-old Texier’s snap shot past Linus Ullmark 2:08
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WASHINGTON — In the first argument of its new term, the Supreme Court on Monday considered whether states may abolish the insanity defense, a question that seemed to puzzle several of the justices, who drew conflicting lessons from history, moral philosophy, constitutional law and the brutal crimes at the heart of the case. James Kahler
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The Trump Administration is blocking shipments from a Chinese company making baby pajamas sold at Costco warehouses, after the foreign manufacturer was accused of forcing ethnic minorities locked in an internment camp to sew clothes against their will. The government is also blocking rubber gloves sold by industry leader Ansell whose customers include surgeons, mechanics
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