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S&P falls as investors await earnings, Nasdaq slips from record high (Wed, 24 Apr 2019)
The S&P 500 slipped on Wednesday, after ending the previous session with a record and the Nasdaq edged lower after reaching an all-time high earlier in the day while investors waited for more earnings reports.
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North Korea's Kim arrives for summit with Russia's Putin (Wed, 24 Apr 2019)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in the Russian city of Vladivostok on Wednesday for a summit he is likely to use to seek support from President Vladimir Putin while Pyongyang's nuclear talks with Washington are in limbo.
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Kim's right-hand man sidelined after North Korea-U.S. talks failed: South Korea lawmaker (Wed, 24 Apr 2019)
North Korea has replaced Kim Jong Un's right-hand man who steered nuclear talks with the United States, apparently blaming him for a failed summit between the two countries, a South Korean lawmaker said on Wednesday.
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House oversight chairman cites 'massive' obstruction by Trump, Barr (Wed, 24 Apr 2019)
The Democratic chairman of the House Oversight Committee accused the Trump administration of a "massive, unprecedented, and growing pattern of obstruction" for ordering federal employees not to comply with congressional investigations.
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NRA sues Los Angeles over law requiring disclosure of ties to gun rights group (Wed, 24 Apr 2019)
The National Rifle Association sued Los Angeles on Wednesday over a new law requiring that contractors disclose their ties to the gun rights group as a condition of obtaining business from the second most-populous U.S. city.
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Euro falls on weak German business morale, stocks slip (Wed, 24 Apr 2019)
The euro fell against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday after data showing a surprise deterioration in German business morale stoked fears of slowing global growth and weighed on a gauge of world equity markets.
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Scaffolding firm says workers smoked at Paris' Notre-Dame (Wed, 24 Apr 2019)
A scaffolding firm that has worked on the roof of Notre-Dame said some of its workers had smoked on the site, but ruled out that a cigarette butt might have started the fire that destroyed the cathedral's oak-framed roof last week.
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Exclusive: Gold worth billions smuggled out of Africa (Wed, 24 Apr 2019)
Billions of dollars' worth of gold is being smuggled out of Africa every year through the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East – a gateway to markets in Europe, the United States and beyond – a Reuters analysis has found.
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Picture emerges of well-to-do young bombers behind Sri Lankan carnage (Wed, 24 Apr 2019)
Details began to emerge in Sri Lanka on Wednesday of a band of nine, well-educated Islamist suicide bombers, including a woman, from well-to-do families who slaughtered 359 people in Easter Sunday bomb attacks.
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Islamic State video throws spotlight on suspected ringleader of Sri Lanka bombings (Wed, 24 Apr 2019)
Standing under a black flag of the Islamic State, eight men declare their loyalty to the group's leader, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi.
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Boeing abandons financial outlook, sees $1 billion in extra cost on 737 MAX (Wed, 24 Apr 2019)
Boeing Co on Wednesday abandoned its 2019 financial outlook, halted share buybacks and said lowered production due to the grounding of its fastest-selling 737 MAX jet after two fatal plane crashes in five months had cost it at least $1 billion so far.
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Boeing axes 210 orders after India's Jet stops flying (Wed, 24 Apr 2019)
Boeing Co removed 210 aircraft from its order backlog and took an impairment charge over customer financing losses on Wednesday following the near-collapse of India's Jet Airways.
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Contradicting Constitution, Trump vows Supreme Court fight over impeachment (Wed, 24 Apr 2019)
President Donald Trump vowed on Wednesday to fight all the way to the Supreme Court against any effort by congressional Democrats to impeach him, even though the U.S. Constitution gives Congress complete authority over the impeachment process.
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U.S. criticizes Myanmar court decision on Reuters journalists (Wed, 24 Apr 2019)
The United States criticized Myanmar on Wednesday after the Asian country's high court upheld the sentencing of two Reuters journalists, expressing deep concern about freedom of expression and urging that the two be reunited with their families.
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Russia offers passports to east Ukraine, president-elect decries 'aggressor state' (Wed, 24 Apr 2019)
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed an order simplifying the procedure for obtaining a Russian passport for residents of separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine, prompting calls for more international sanctions from Kiev.
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