U.S. stocks rose Tuesday, with the Dow industrials climbing for a third consecutive day.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 556.79, or 2.1 percent, to 26.642.59.
The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 42.30, or 1.3 percent, to 3,197.52.
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U.S. stocks ended mostly lower Monday.
The Dow Jones industrial average was virtually unchanged, rising 10.50 to 26,085.80.
The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 28.92, or 0.9 percent, to 3,155.22.
The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index (...)
Shares rose in Asia on Monday, cheered by upbeat projections for a global economic rebound that were tempered by worries over expanding coronavirus outbreaks.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 climbed 2.2% to finish at 22,784.74. South Korea's Kospi (...)
The UN Security Council on Saturday passed a resolution to restart cross-border humanitarian aid to Syria, but only after caving to Russian pressure to close one of two access points into the war-torn country.
Following a week of division and seven (...)
In the wake of the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis, tax systems should be reformed, and tax avoidance and evasion reduced, to ensure an economic recovery in which everyone pays their share, said the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Taxes pay for (...)
The Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism and Executive Director of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT) Vladimir Ivanovich Voronkov praised Saudi Arabia's participation in launching the UNCCT Expo (...)
Although COVID-19 has tested "national resilience, international solidarity and multilateral cooperation", we must not "pause our efforts" in the battle against terrorism, the UN counter-terrorism chief said on Friday.
Although the pandemic has (...)
The COVID-19 pandemic shows how wildlife crime is a threat not only to the environment but to human health, according to a new UN report issued on Friday.
The World Wildlife Crime Report 2020 outlines how trafficking in some wild species, which are (...)
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وقال متحدث باسم "فيسبوك" إن "تغييرا في الترميز تسبب بعطل في تشغيل تطبيقات تعمل بنظام (آي أو إس) (...)
U.S. stocks rose today and the Nasdaq posted its sixth record closing high in seven days as a positive analysis on Gilead Sciences Inc's antiviral drug to treat COVID-19 soothed investor worries over a record rise in coronavirus cases in the United (...)
GENEVA — The relation between the US and China is about to get worse after the US imposed sanctions on top Chinese officials for the abuse of human rights in the Xinjiang region. News come about the same time than the political frictions over the (...)
As COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the world, Latin America and the Caribbean have become a "hotspot of the pandemic", the UN chief said on Thursday, releasing a new policy initiative on how best to recover in a region already embroiled in (...)
U.S. stocks rose in volatile trading Wednesday.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 177.10, or 0.7 percent, to 26,067.28.
The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 24.62, or 0.8 percent, to 3,169.94.
The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index (...)
Minister of Culture Prince Badr Bin Abdullah Bin Farhan Al Saud has appointed Dina Amin as CEO of the Visual Arts Commission to take the lead in implementing the Ministry's vision and directions in elevating the development of the visual arts in the (...)
The story of the pandemic-driven steep drop in output is by now familiar. Countries imposed strict social distancing measures to slow the spread of the virus and keep cases from overwhelming health systems.
Businesses that were able to function (...)
The Supreme Court in the United States has delivered a split verdict on subpoenas for President Donald Trump's tax returns and financial records, unanimously rejecting his broadest claims of "absolute" immunity in a New York state criminal (...)
U.S. stocks were mostly lower Thursday, with the Dow industrials erasing their gains for the week but the technology-heavy Nasdaq climbing to a new record high.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 361.19, or 1.4 percent, to 25,706.09.
The broader (...)
Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan Al Saud, Minister of Culture, has appointed Dina Amin as CEO of the Visual Arts Commission to take the lead in implementing the Ministry of Culture's vision and directions in elevating the development of the (...)
Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Thursday following gains for major U.S. tech stocks.
The Shanghai Composite Index rose 1.5% to 3,451.93 and the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo added 0.7% to 22,587.64.
The Hang Seng in Hong Kong gained 0.5% to (...)
Shares were mostly lower in Asia on Wednesday as uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic sapped the buying enthusiasm that has been driving prices higher.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 dropped 0.7% in afternoon trading to 22,462.77. Australia's (...)
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday warned that foreign interference in the Libyan conflict has reached "unprecedented levels".
Briefing the Security Council, the UN chief described the situation in Libya as "gloomy" — and (...)
GENEVA — US stock indices paused a five-day rally in New York, dragged lower by financial, industrial and energy shares. US treasuries and gold gained.
Worries about the rising number of new COVID-19 cases, prospects of a bumpy and slow post-crisis (...)
The acceleration of consumer trends and behavior that was already underway prior to the COVID-19 outbreak has taken another leap forward and will spark consumer-facing companies and retailers to reinvent the way they do business, according to a new (...)
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Combating Terrorism and Executive Director of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Center Vladimir Ivanovich Voronkov expressed his sincere thanks and gratitude to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as the (...)
