Fed rate cut bets buoy stocks, dollar steadies
Global stocks rose on Friday as investors firmed up bets on a U.S. interest rate cut at the end of July after a speech by...
Suspected arsonist is ex-convict who believed Japanese studio stole his novel: media
A man suspected of torching an animation studio and killing 33 people in Japan’s worst mass killing in two decades had been convicted of robbery...
WHO says investigators conclude Ebola victim did not enter Rwanda
A Congolese woman who may have spread the deadly Ebola virus in Uganda did not go to Rwanda or the Congolese city of Goma while...
Iran dismisses Trump report that U.S. Navy downed ‘provocative’ drone
Iran on Friday denied President Donald Trump’s assertion that the U.S. Navy has destroyed one of its drones, saying all of its unmanned planes were...
Quake hits northwest of Greek capital Athens – witnesses
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake shook the Greek capital Athens on Friday, sending people fleeing from buildings in panic, witnesses said....
Iran’s Guards say they will release images to disprove U.S. claim that drone shot down
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Friday they would release images to disprove U.S. President Donald Trump’s assertion that the U.S. Navy has destroyed an Iranian...
Merkel: Concerned about Gulf, should use every opportunity for diplomacy
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that she was concerned about the situation in the Gulf, adding that every opportunity for diplomatic contact should...
Iran dismisses Trump report that US Navy downed ‘provocative’ drone
Iran on Friday denied President Donald Trump’s assertion that the U.S. Navy has destroyed one of its drones, saying all of its unmanned planes were...
Cubans seek to revive little-known tango legacy
Cuba may be known now for upbeat salsa, but long before that genre even emerged its Afro beats fed into the melancholic Argentine tango which...
Microsoft brightens Wall St. mood as rate cut hopes rise
U.S. stock futures inched higher on Friday as strong results for Microsoft’s cloud business fed into a bullish mood following signs from New York Fed...