WASHINGTON - China has nearly finished building almost two dozen structures on artificial islands in the South China Sea that appear designed to house long-range surface-to-air missiles, two U.S. officials told Reuters.
LONDON/CAIRO An Islamic State suicide bomber from Britain who blew himself up in an attack on Iraqi forces this week had been given compensation for his detention in the Guantanamo Bay military prison, Western security sources said on Wednesday.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld Maryland's ban on assault rifles, ruling gun owners are not protected under the U.S. Constitution to possess "weapons of war," court documents showed.
PARIS French police detained far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's bodyguard and chief of staff in custody on Wednesday for questioning over alleged misuse of European Union funds to pay parliamentary assistants, Le Pen's lawyer said.
LONDON Unilever sought to show shareholders it can go it alone on Wednesday after rejecting Kraft Heinz's $143 billion bid, with the promise of a swift, far-reaching review.
BEIRUT The Syrian army and its allies took a small district on the outskirts of Aleppo from rebels on Wednesday, a war monitor and a military media unit run by Damascus ally Hezbollah said.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. SpaceX called off the docking of a Dragon cargo ship at the International Space Station on Wednesday due to a problem with the capsule’s GPS navigation system, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration said.
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| Name | Yield | Change |
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| US10YT=XX |
+2.402
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-0.027 |
| DE 10YR |
+0.285
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-0.020 |
| JP10YT=XX |
+0.084
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-0.001 |
| Name | USD | EUR | JPY |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 1 | 1.0548 | 0.0088 |
| EUR | 0.9480 | 1 | 0.0084 |
| JPY | 113.3500 | 119.5600 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |
1,236.10
USD
|
-1.40
Exp: Feb2017
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| Copper |
2.75
USD
|
+0.00
Exp: Feb2017
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| Crude Oil |
53.53
USD
|
-0.80
Exp: Mar2017
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