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Mixed day for global stocks amid trade angst, Powell comments
AFP, Published on 15/10/2025
» NEW YORK - European and US stock markets fell before recovering somewhat as markets weighed trade tensions between Beijing and Washington and digested fresh Federal Reserve commentary.
‘Full of sorrow’: Gazans trek home as truce begins
AFP, Published on 10/10/2025
» KHAN YUNIS, Palestinian Territories - Full of grief after two years of war but glad to be going home, thousands of displaced Palestinians set off across the Gaza Strip on Friday, as a truce between Israel and Hamas took hold.
Israel begins Gaza pullback as thousands head home
AFP, Published on 10/10/2025
» NUSEIRAT (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israeli forces declared a ceasefire and withdrew from some positions in Gaza on Friday, as thousands of displaced Palestinians began to trek home and the families of October 7 hostages awaited news.
US Fed holds firm against Trump pressure as divisions emerge
AFP, Published on 31/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - The US Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, defying strong political pressure from President Donald Trump to slash borrowing costs -- although divisions emerged among policymakers.
Gaza aid point crush kills 20 people
AFP, Published on 17/07/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - A crush at an aid centre in southern Gaza killed at least 20 people on Wednesday, with the site's operator blaming "agitators" within the crowd and the Palestinian territory's civil defence agency attributing the panic to Israeli gunfire.
Trump scares off corporate donors to NY Pride parade
AFP, Published on 19/06/2025
» NEW YORK - New York’s pride Parade, the highest-profile annual US LGBTQ gathering, is ramping up efforts to raise funds from individual community members with corporate donations on the wane as Washington demonises diversity.
Hamas fires at Tel Aviv in first riposte to deadly Israel assault
AFP, Published on 20/03/2025
» GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Hamas said it fired rockets at Israeli commercial hub Tel Aviv on Thursday in its first military response to the growing civilian death toll from Israel's resumption of air and ground operations in Gaza.
US stocks fall after latest Fed rate hike as oil prices slide
AFP, Published on 04/05/2023
» NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks declined along with the dollar after the Federal Reserve's latest interest rate hike Wednesday, while US oil prices slid below $70 a barrel amid recession worries.
Inflation clouds 'Black Friday' kickoff of US holiday shopping season
AFP, Published on 25/11/2022
» NEW YORK: Retailers unveiled a trove of fresh seasonal promotions Friday, as they try to coax sales from reticent shoppers whose holiday cheer has been tempered by inflation and worries over a softening economy.
Grinding inflation clouds 'Black Friday' shopping bonanza
AFP, Published on 25/11/2022
» NEW YORK - Retailers braced for their biggest test of the year: Will US consumers open their wallets wide for the Black Friday sales that kick off the holiday shopping season?