NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks were on the rise on Friday, despite disappointing jobs data which showed the growth in employment losing momentum. In a sign of how irrational markets have become, the disappointing jobs data was taken as a positive."The bad news of the weakening jobs picture is potentially

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The United States added 245,000 jobs in November, the fewest since April and the latest sign that hiring has slowed sharply during a resurgent coronavirus outbreak in the country.The Labor Department reported Friday that the jobless rate in November improved to a still-high 6.7% from 6.9% in October.The November job gains were far fewer than the 610,000 in October, and the fifth straight month job growth 

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SYDNEY, NSW, Australia - Stocks in Asia continued to meander on Friday, while demand for the U.S. dollar continued to intensify.Indices around the world have moved to or beyond record highs despite the devastating Covid-19 pandemic. Much of the buying has been accentuated since the emergence of a potential vaccine or vaccines."Stock markets are behaving as if the world has already overcome the disease. In

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NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks waded into heavy weather on Thursday with gains withering in the final hour of trading.Speculation about Covid-19 vaccines and a U.S. stimulus package under consideration weighed on sentiment.The Standard and Poor's 500 hit a record high for the third day in a row, but was unable to sustain the gain."The market continues to keep its fingers crossed for a stimulus pa

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SYDNEY, NSW, Australia - Stocks in Asia remained listless Thursday.The Nikkei 225 in Japan rose just 8.39 points or 0.03 percent to 26,808.37.The Australian All Ordinaries advanced 36.00 points or 0.53 percent to 6,847.30.The Hang Seng in Hong Kong was the best performer on the day, rising 195.92 points or 0.74 percent to 26,728.50.China's Shanghai Composite lost 7.24 points or 0.21 percent 

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NEW YORK, New York - Wall Street had a less than an impressive day on Wednesday despite efforts in the Congress for a new stimulus package. The divide between the Republicans who control the Senate, and the Democrats who control the House of Representatives appeared at various stages of the day of being too great to bridge."Generally, the theme has been positive and the bipartisan plan gives us a base for furthe

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Georgia will hold two special elections Jan. 5, with the results ultimately determining which party will control the U.S. Senate.In the southeastern state of Georgia, a political candidate in a primary or general election must earn more than 50% of the votes. If no one in the race meets that threshold, the top two vote-getters enter into a runoff election.One runoff race features incumbent Sen. David Perd

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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 4 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices closed 1 per cent higher on Friday as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept key interest rates unchanged and upped its growth forecast to minus 7.5 per cent during FY21 from minus 9.5 per cent in the October review.
The BSE SP Sensex closed 447 points or 1 per cent higher at 45,080 while the Nifty 50 gained by 125 points or 0.95 per cent at 13,259.
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 4 (ANI): Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd (CGPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power, has repaid Rs 1,550 crore of bank loans to make its operations more self-sustainable.
With this repayment and the earlier repayment of Rs 2,600 crore of bank loans made in October, the entire bank loans of CGPL aggregating to Rs 4,150 crore have been fully repaid.
After this repayment, CGPL's long-ter

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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 4 (ANI/PNN): Invesco Mutual Fund announces the launch of its new fund Invesco India-Invesco Global Consumer Trends Fund of Fund, an open-ended Fund of Fund scheme investing in Invesco Global Consumer Trends Fund. The Fund will invest 95% -100% of its assets in shares of Invesco Global Consumer Trends Fund, a Luxembourg domiciled Invesco fund, which invests 70% - 100% of its assets in

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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 4 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices traded higher during early hours on Friday as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) prepared to announce its bi-monthly monetary policy later during the day.
However, a lot of market experts expected status quo in the latest monetary policy as inflation remains above the RBI's target.
At 10:15 am, the BSE SP Sensex was up by 279 points or 0.63 per cent at 

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Washington DC [US], December 4 (ANI): US President Donald Trump's administration has labelled four more Chinese companies, including Beijing's top chipmaker SMIC and oil giant CNOOC, as being controlled by the country's military, the US Department of Defense (DOD) has said.
"Today, the Department of Defense released the names of additional 'Communist Chinese military companies' operating directly or indirectly in the Unit

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Bitcoin is back.Three years after the bubble that inflated its value from US$5,000 to US$20,000 in less than three months burst in spectacular fashion, plunging more than 80%, the cryptocurrency is again on the verge of a record high.In recent days it has been trading above US$19,000, up from US$10,000 in October and US$5,900 in March. The price of Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market val

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CARACAS, VENEZUELA - With the political opponents of President Nicolas Maduro boycotting Sunday's election for the National Assembly, his socialist party is expected to dominate the vote, giving him control of the last major institution in Venezuela outside his grasp.The opposition contends the election is rigged and has called its own referendum to counter it. Both votes are playing out in the waning days of th

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday that Iran was "desperately" suggesting it is eager to resume negotiations to get sanctions relief.Pompeo, who did not elaborate on how the United States would respond to Iran's return to the bargaining table, made the virtual remarks at the annual International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)&#8239;Dialogue in Bahrain, which focuses on regional security chal

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Reindeer salads, fern dishes and soups of indigenous peoples - the national 'Gastronomic Map of Russia' project highlights the best recipes for a gourmet journey across Siberia - without leaving home.1. Salad with stewed maral and fern tar-tar<a href="https://www.gastromaprussia

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Dozens of soldiers were killed in recent weeks in Mozambique "The terrorists let the military cars into an area of dense forest and then opened fire with heavy weapons... causing huge casualties in our forces," a senior military official saidDetails about the militants are sketchy. They call themselves al-Shabaab but have no known link to the group of 

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Investors pushed stock markets higher Friday on continued optimism over vaccines and on signs of progress on a new US stimulus, though surging infections and deaths highlighted the painful, immediate reality of the coronavirus crisis.In foreign exchange, the pound held its own even as European doubts over a post-Brexit trade deal with Britain boiled over on Friday.France has threatened a veto as intense n

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NEW YORK, New York - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has added his long-standing views to current reports that the years-long blockade against Qatar by neighboring Gulf states may be nearing its end.A spokesman for Guterres, Stephane Dujarric said in a statement Friday that the Secretary-General is encouraged by the statement by the Foreign Minister of Kuwait and Acting Information Minister Sheikh Dr. Ahma

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New Delhi [India], December 5 (ANI): A bereaved father has moved Delhi High Court on Saturday seeking direction to Delhi International Airport Limited to grant permission for repatriation of the body of his son, a migrant labourer who succumbed to Covid-19 on November 4 in Jordan, in accordance with the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Jahiruddin, through his advocate Sub

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New Delhi [India], Dec 5 (ANI): The Indian Commercial Pilots' Association and the Indian Pilots' Guild, of which Air India pilots are a part, on Saturday advised members not to participate in the "strategic sale" of Air India till the issue of 'disproportionate' pay cut of pilots is addressed.
The unions also said there is no clarity on the payment of the "illegally withheld" 25 per cent arrears due to the pilots to date 

Pilots' union advises not to take part in Air India's sale

Strong winds and low humidity on Friday continue to impede the efforts of firefighters battling to control the Bond Fire in Southern California.The fire began Wednesday night, and 25,000 people in Orange County, southeast of Los Angeles, were ordered to evacuate.Captain Paul Holaday of Orange County Fire Authority said Friday in a briefing on Twitter that the fire, which spread to 26 square kilometers, wa

Firefighters Battle Strong Winds to Contain Southern California Blaze

Washington [US], December 4 (ANI): Automated deep learning analysis of abdominal CT images produces a more precise measurement of body composition and predicts major cardiovascular events, such as heart attack and stroke, better than overall weight or body mass index (BMI), according to a study.
The study was presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
"Established cardiovascular r

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Moscow [Russia], December 4 (ANI/Sputnik): European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen congratulated Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic on the start of her second term, during a teleconference on Friday.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic nominated Brnabic to remain in office in October after first naming her prime minister in 2017. She is Serbia's first woman in that position.
"Glad to congratulate Serbian PM on t

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