Stocks sold off Friday as inflation and geopolitical worries once again dented investor sentiment on Wall Street. A broad decline in major bank shares also weighed on the market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 475.84 points, or 1.24%, closing at 37,983.24. The S&P 500 tumbled 1.46% at 5,123.41. The Nasdaq Composite pulled back by 1.62% at 16,175.09. At one point in the trading session, the ...
The price of Trump Media closed trading Friday down nearly 20% for the week. DJT shares, which dropped by more than 8% within the first hour of trading Friday, eked out a slight gain by the end of the day. Shares closed up 18 cents at $32.59, an increase of around .5%. That closing price was more than $38 lower than what its ...
Prince William and Prince George were spotted watching their soccer team Aston Villa together on Thursday evening – their first sighting since the Princess of Wales’ cancer diagnosis. In a quintessentially British father-son bonding moment, the 41-year-old heir to the British throne cheered the side on along with his 10-year-old, sporting a Villa-branded scarf, at the Villa Park stadium in ...
Once considered among the most promising economies in Southeast Asia with a growing middle class, Myanmar is now suffering from soaring levels of poverty as a devastating civil war drives tens of millions further into destitution, according to a new United Nations report. Almost half of Myanmar’s population of 54 million is below the poverty line, with 49.7% of people ...
Prehistoric humans in Brazil carved drawings in the rock next to dinosaur footprints, suggesting that they may have found them meaningful or interesting, a new study has found. The rock carvings, which archaeologists call petroglyphs, are at a site called Serrote do Letreiro in Paraíba, an agricultural state on the eastern tip of Brazil. Researchers first observed the marks in ...
The exact timing of an expansion declaration is unclear, but it is likely in the coming weeks – and could coincide with Earth Day, the sources said. A White House spokesperson declined to comment. The Washington Post first reported the monument expansions. National monuments are areas of historic, cultural or natural significance that are designated for federal protection. The redrawn ...
A US Navy and Coast Guard operation on Tuesday rescued three mariners stranded on a tiny Pacific Ocean islet for more than a week after the trio spelled out “HELP” using palm fronds laid on a white-sand beach. The mission also unexpectedly turned into a family reunion. The three men had been planning to fish the waters around the Pikelot ...
Meta has lowered the minimum age to use the popular messaging platform WhatsApp. The move, which came into effect on Thursday, reduces the age limit from 16 down to 13 in the UK and EU. It has been criticised by a number of campaign groups who have urged the company to reverse the decision. Smartphone Free Childhood told Sky News ...
Growing up, Abubakar Salim never felt destined to be a star of the screen. The Jamestown and Raised By Wolves actor, who this year joins the cast of HBO and Sky’s House Of The Dragon, didn’t much care for the worlds of TV and film where he has since made his name. “As a kid, I didn’t really like TV,” ...
It’s crunch time now for those who have been training for this year’s London Marathon. While the bulk of training is done now, there’s perhaps more to think about than ever for the nearly 50,000 people running on 21 April. We’ve spoken to a sports therapist, a dietitian and a man who has run every London Marathon to find out ...