WASHINGTON - Former FBI Director James Comey will tell Congress that President Donald Trump pressed him repeatedly to halt a probe into his ex-national security adviser's ties with Russia and to declare publicly that Trump himself was not under investigation.
European stocks inched higher and the euro and the pound barely budged, as markets readied for a triple-dose of excitement - an ECB meeting, a British election and testimony by the ex-FBI chief fired by Donald Trump last month.
The Islamist militants holed up in the southern Philippines town of Marawi have been reduced to a "small resistance" after troops crippled their logistics and some fighters have fled from the battle, military officials said on Thursday.
Iran's foreign minister on Thursday rejected Donald Trump's condolences for deadly attacks in Tehran, calling the U.S. president's words repugnant.
Bodies and aircraft debris were found in the sea off the southern coast of Myanmar on Thursday by ships searching for a military plane that went missing with 122 soldiers, family members and crew on board.
Julius Baer executives have told U.S. prosecutors that a former employee of the Swiss bank acted alone if, as alleged, he helped funnel kickbacks and bribery payments to a soccer official in the Americas, people familiar with the investigation said.
Prosecutors in entertainer Bill Cosby's sex assault trial on Thursday were expected to present a psychological expert who will testify that inconsistencies in his accusers' accounts are normal because sexual trauma victims often have trouble recalling certain details.
| STOCKS | BONDS | CURRENCIES | COMMODITIES |
|---|
|
| Name | Yield | Change |
|---|---|---|
| US 10YR |
+2.199
|
+0.019 |
| DE 10YR |
+0.277
|
+0.017 |
| JP 10YR |
+0.069
|
-0.002 |
| Name | USD | EUR | JPY |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 1 | 1.1256 | 0.0091 |
| EUR | 0.8882 | 1 | 0.0081 |
| JPY | 109.9000 | 123.7000 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |
1,285.20
USD
|
-4.90
Exp: Jun 17
|
| Copper |
2.55
USD
|
-0.00
Exp: Jun 17
|
| Crude Oil |
46.01
USD
|
+0.29
Exp: Jun 17
|
