President Donald Trump described newly released unemployment numbers as "yet one more historic milestone."
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The Lebanese pound hit a record low against the dollar on the black market on Tuesday, a sign of the country's multiple crises deepening with no prospects for a new Cabinet in the near future.
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US sets sanctions over Russia opposition leader's poisoning
The Biden administration announced sanctions of Russian officials and businesses Tuesday for a nearly fatal nerve-agent attack upon opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his subsequent jailing.
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Vernon Jordan, activist, former Clinton adviser, has died
Vernon Jordan, who rose from humble beginnings in the segregated South to become a champion of civil rights before reinventing himself as a Washington insider and corporate influencer, has died, according to a statement from his daughter. He was 85.
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Nigerian governor says 279 kidnapped schoolgirls are freed
Hundreds of Nigerian girls abducted last week from a boarding school in the country's northwest have been released, a state governor said Tuesday, ending the latest in a spate of such kidnappings in the West African nation.
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Stocks hit pause a day after their biggest rally in 9 months
Investors hit the pause button a day after the biggest market rally in nine months, leaving major indexes little changed in the first few minutes of trading. The S&P 500 slipped a bit less than 0.1% in the early going Tuesday. Bond yields continued to edge lower, easing a source of worry for investors following a sharp spike in long-term interest rates over the past few weeks. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note eased down to 1.43%. Zoom Video Communications jumped almost 5% after the video conferencing service reported another blowout quarter of growth.