NEW YORK, NEW YORK – U.S. stocks tumbled on Tuesday as interest rates on 10 and 30-year Treasury yields approached 5 percent, and mortgage rates hovered at just under eight percent. The U.S. dollar continued higher, although the Japanese yen strengthened significantly amidst rumors of central bank intervention. “The threat to equities is more along […]

NEW YORK, New York – The Nasdaq defied a general sell-off on U.S. equity markets Monday, as the new quarter began. Technology stocks were in moderate demand, pushing the Nasdaq Composite higher. Industrial stocks sold off earlier in the day but made up ground in the final hour of trading. On the weekend, with hours […]

After several quiet weeks in movie theaters, four films entered wide release over the weekend. ‘PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie’ came out the top dog, with $23 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The performances of all four films – ‘PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie,’ ‘Saw X,’ ‘The Creator’ and ‘Dumb Money’ […]

Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], September 30 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday late evening flagged off the trial run of the Indore Metro train at Gandhi Nagar area. During this, CM Chouhan also performed worship ahead of flagging off the metro train’s trial run. “A new era is beginning in the […]

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 30 (ANI): Punjab Chief Secretary Anurag Verma on Friday issued directions to the police force to take strong action against drug dealers within the state and asked all stakeholders to collaborate with a focus on achieving tangible results in the fight against the drug menace. Presiding over the meeting of the […]

Kyiv [Ukraine], September 29 (ANI): The Ukrainian troops are”gradually gaining ground,” in their counteroffensive against tight Russian defence lines in southeastern Ukraine, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said, CNN reported on Thursday. “Today your [Ukraine’s] forces are moving forward, they face fierce fighting, but they are gradually gaining ground,” Stoltenberg said alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, […]

A national housing price index hit a new all-time high even as interest rates and inflation continue to soar Home prices in the US hit record highs in July despite a foreboding economic climate and steep interest rates, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Schiller house price index, parent company S&P Dow Jones Indices reported on […]

Port Sudan, Sudan – Outbreaks of dengue fever and acute watery diarrhea have ‘killed hundreds’ in war-torn Sudan, medics reported on Monday, warning of ‘catastrophic spreads’ that could overwhelm the country’s decimated health system. In a statement, the Sudanese doctors’ union warned that the health situation in the southeastern state of Gedaref, on the border […]

KHARTOUM, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) — The Sudanese pound on Sunday hit record lows against foreign currencies in the parallel market, registering an exchange rate of 880 pounds per U.S. dollar, according to a foreign exchange dealer in the capital Khartoum. “The pound/dollar exchange rate stood at 880 pounds per dollar for purchase and 885 pounds […]

Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], September 24 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party wanted to create a dispute between India and Bharat and this was the reason why they called a special session of the Parliament, but stopped it and brought the Women’s Reservation Bill. “When the government called for […]