Asian stock markets fall sharply as Wall Street declines and oil prices rise
Broad declines are weighing on Asia’s biggest stock indexes on the week’s final trading day.
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Israeli strike in Lebanon destroys Hezbollah tunnels, triggers magnitude 4.1 blast
Israel says its military has destroyed tunnels built by the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement in Lebanon. The blast was measured at magnitude 4.1.
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Wall Street Falls as Oil Prices Surge on Middle East Unrest
Wall Street continued its trading week in the red as oil prices rose sharply. Leading indexes in New York fell on Thursday.
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Sources: Iran has resumed ballistic missile production in underground facilities
Iran has resumed production of ballistic missiles in underground facilities, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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September 11, a Quarter-Century Later: Returning to a Lost World
The September sky was clear, the morning light shone over New York. The horizon was endless. A sky that was soon darkened by a pillar of smoke. The World Trade Center collapsed. A quarter of a century later, the American horizon remains dark.
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Family of four killed in Israeli strike in northern Gaza, hospital says
A family of four has been killed in an Israeli attack in northern Gaza, according to hospital sources.
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Several US fighter jets damaged in Iran attack on Jordan air base
Several US fighter jets were damaged in Iran's latest attack on an air base in Jordan, according to sources cited by CBS News.
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ECB signal and US inflation could push up Swedish mortgage rates
Clear signals of future interest rate hikes from the European Central Bank (ECB) or an unexpectedly high US inflation figure could eventually push up mortgage rates in Sweden. A first step could be for the Swedish Central Bank, in two weeks, to signal an interest rate hike later this year.
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