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GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks slide, dollar rises as Powell spooks markets

An index of global stock markets fell, while short-term U.S. Treasury yields rose on Friday, after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the U.S....

Wall St Week Ahead-U.S. summer stock rally at risk as September looms

The 10.7% rally in the S&P 500 from its June lows is stumbling as it runs into what has historically been the toughest month...

Very few in the U.S. getting full monkeypox vaccine series – CDC chief

Very few people who have gotten monkeypox shots in the United States have received the second dose needed for full protection, U.S. Centers for...

EXCLUSIVE-Pennsylvania candidate Mastriano posed in Confederate uniform at Army War College

Three years before retiring from the U.S. Army in 2017, Donald Trump-backed Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano posed in Confederate uniform for a faculty...

Mexican airline Volaris fires pilot who recorded near-crash

Mexican airline Volaris fired a pilot who filmed two of the carrier's planes nearly crashing at Mexico City's international airport in May, as the...

Soccer-Punctured lung brought forward decision to retire says England’s White

England women's record goalscorer Ellen White punctured her lung last year, a traumatic experience which she said ultimately played a part in her retiring...

WRAPUP 10-Zelenskiy says danger remains after nuclear plant resumes power supply

Ukraine's president on Friday said the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant remains "very risky" after two of its six reactors were reconnected...

Russia can’t stop war, even if Ukraine drops NATO hopes -Putin ally

A top ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow would not stop its military campaign in Ukraine even if Kyiv...