NRA criticizes presidential candidates after mass shootings
The National Rifle Association accused U.S. presidential candidates on Thursday of trying to politicize the deadly mass shootings in Ohio and Texas, warning against enhanced...
Wall Street jumps, with tech leading the advance
U.S. stocks jumped on Thursday, led by a more than 2% gain in technology shares, while better-than-expected economic data in the United States and China...
Nineteen bodies, some dismembered, found in southwestern Mexico
Mexican authorities said Thursday that they found 19 bodies, some dismembered, in the southwestern state of Michoacan, as the federal government seeks to combat rising...
Negative-yielding bond supply hits all-time high – J.P. Morgan
The amount of bonds carrying negative yields increased to an all-time peak of $13.2 trillion on Wednesday, up $1.6 trillion or 13.4% from a month...
House Speaker Pelosi in Central America as Trump seeks asylum deals
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a congressional delegation to Central America on Thursday as the Trump administration presses countries there to stop...
After U.S. mass shootings, mayors demand Senate call special session on gun bills
Mayors of the two cities that endured mass shootings last weekend were joined by more than 200 of their counterparts on Thursday in demanding that...
Britain plans to relax immigration rules for scientists
Britain will relax its immigration rules to attract more elite scientists after Brexit by seeking to fast-track visas, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday....
It’s up to EU to avoid no-deal Brexit: UK foreign minister
Britain’s foreign minister on Thursday pressed the European Union to amend the terms of Britain’s EU withdrawal agreement, saying Brussels would have to take responsibility...
Italy’s Salvini says government is finished, wants elections
The leader of Italy’s ruling League party, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, said on Thursday the governing coalition had broken down and the only way...
U.S. Midwest farm economy hit hard by record floods – Fed banks
U.S. farm incomes in the Midwest and Mid-Southern states declined yet again in the second quarter of 2019, as record floods devastated a wide swath...