The Department of Justice charged a federal contractor with sending classified material about U.S. election hacking to a news organization, marking one of the first concrete efforts by the Trump administration to crack down on leaks to the media.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Monday extended the deadline for U.S.-Mexico sugar trade negotiations by 24 hours, and sources on either side of the spat said U.S. industry added new demands after the governments struck a provisional deal.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Tuesday police were treating a deadly siege in the city of Melbourne as an "act of terrorism" after a claim by the Islamic State group that one of its fighters was the gunman responsible.
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Tuesday he saw no reason to cancel Donald Trump's state visit to Britain after the U.S. president criticized Mayor Sadiq Khan's response to the London Bridge killings.
Philippines troops found bundles of banknotes and cheques worth about $1.6 million abandoned by Islamist militants holed up in Marawi City, a discovery the military said on Tuesday was evidence that the fighters were pulling back.
Some of Russia's super-rich have given up residency to escape a 2014 law requiring them to disclose offshore assets, wealthy businessmen told Reuters, a practice that could keep billions of dollars hidden from Moscow's tax authorities.
The first witness to testify in Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial said on Monday that the comedian had drugged her before sexually abusing her in 1998 - the same method prosecutors say he used in the alleged 2004 attack that he is on trial for.
| STOCKS | BONDS | CURRENCIES | COMMODITIES |
|---|
|
| Name | Yield | Change |
|---|---|---|
| US 10YR |
+2.155
|
-0.025 |
| DE 10YR |
+0.273
|
-0.020 |
| JP 10YR |
+0.044
|
-0.002 |
| Name | USD | EUR | JPY |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 1 | 1.1270 | 0.0091 |
| EUR | 0.8871 | 1 | 0.0081 |
| JPY | 109.8200 | 123.7900 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |
1,284.10
USD
|
+4.80
Exp: Jun 17
|
| Copper |
2.55
USD
|
+0.00
Exp: Jun 17
|
| Crude Oil |
47.36
USD
|
-0.04
Exp: Jun 17
|
