Why you should care about the global rout in government bonds
A slump in government bonds around the world has pushed up the cost of some nations' debt to levels not seen in more than a decade. That's bad news for governments in the red but also for the wallets of millions of mortgage borrowers, stock investors and businesses.
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Explainer-What's at stake in the US Congress' debate over Ukraine aid?
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON Congress included no new money for Ukraine in the stopgap U.S. spending bill it
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Nobel Prize for mRNA vaccines: 5 things to know
Two pioneering scientists who created the technology behind life-saving Covid-19 vaccines have won the Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology.
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Explainer-How Bill Ackman's SPARC differs from a SPAC
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK Bill Ackman's new investment vehicle, Pershing Square SPARC Holdings Ltd, marks a departure
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The US is warning of a big build-up of Serbian troops on the Kosovo border. Here's why tensions are high
The long fractious ties between Kosovo and Serbia are once again on edge after one of the worst outbreaks of violence in years.
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Explainer-UAW expands strike against GM, Ford in Week 3, spares Stellantis
The United Auto Workers (UAW) union on Friday expanded its coordinated U.S. strike, this time targeting a plant
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Explainer-Charting the Fed's data flow
By Howard Schneider The Federal Reserve held its benchmark overnight interest rate steady at its Sept. 19-20 policy
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How a national blood shortage could impact people with sickle cell disease
Dima Hendricks said as a Black woman with a chronic illness she never thought she would be able to fulfill her dream of competing in national beauty pageants.
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Tensions are flaring once more in the South China Sea. Here's why it matters for the world
Maritime disputes across the vast South China Sea have ratcheted up in recent years as an increasingly assertive China militarizes disputed islands and confronts its regional rivals over their competing claims in the strategically important and resource-rich waterway.
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Nearly half of Nagorno-Karabakh's population has fled. What happens next?
Nearly half of Nagorno-Karabakh's population has fled to Armenia, with many thousands more still scrambling to evacuate, a week after the breakaway region surrendered following a lightning Azerbaijani offensive.
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Explainer-US presidential election 2024: what you need to know
By James Oliphant and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON The 2024 presidential election promises to be like no other modern
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Explainer-What's in store for China Evergrande with its chairman now under police watch?
By Scott Murdoch SYDNEY The chairman of China Evergrande Group has been placed under police surveillance, Bloomberg News
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