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1 of 4 | Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi (L) during a meeting with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev during the inauguration ceremony of Qiz Qalasi, the third dam jointly built by Iran and Azerbaijan on the Aras River, on Sunday. Photo by Office of the President of Azerbaijan/UPI | License Photo May 19 (UPI) — A…
Ryan Reynolds (R) and John Krasinski arrive on the red carpet for Paramount’s “If” New York premiere at SVA Theater on May 13. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo May 19 (UPI) — Family adventure If is the No. 1 movie in North America, earning $35 million in receipts, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday. Coming in…
1 of 8 | Xander Schauffele holds up the championship trophy after winning the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Course on Sunday in Louisville, Ky. Photo by John Sommers II/UPI | License Photo May 19 (UPI) — Xander Schauffele rimmed in a 6-foot putt to win his first major title in walk-off fashion, edging…
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket lifts off from Texas. The company owned by Jeff Bezos on Sunday completed its first successful mission after a failed launch in 2022. On board the flight was former Air Force pilot Ed Dwight, who at age 90 finally flew to space after being turned down by NASA in the…
1 of 2 | Lead author Dr. Shawn Aaron, a senior scientist and lung specialist at The Ottawa Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, described the research as “the world’s first study to find people with undiagnosed asthma or COPD in their homes,” Photo courtesy of The Ottawa Hospital NEW YORK, May 19 (UPI) — Finding…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Commerce Ministry said on Monday that it will prohibit some U.S. firms from importing and exporting activities related to China, including one selling arms to Taiwan, and forbid them from making new investments in China.The ministry put General Atomics Aeronautical Systems on its unreliable enti
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Investing.com– The People’s Bank of China kept its benchmark loan prime rate (LPR) unchanged on Monday as widely expected, even as Beijing continued to roll out other stimulus measures to support the economy. The PBOC left its one-year at 3.45%, while the , which is used to determine mortgage rates, was left at 3.95%. The move was…
LONDON (Reuters) – Prices of homes being put up for sale in Britain have hit record highs despite still expensive mortgage costs, but the pace of gains has slowed, according to data from property website Rightmove (OTC:).The average asking price for residential properties touched 375,131 pounds ($474,578.23) in the four weeks to mid-May, Rightmove said.However,…
By Leika KiharaTOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s weak consumption may heighten, rather than tame, already growing political pressure on the central bank to raise interest rates to slow the yen’s declines blamed for hurting households via higher import costs.Such pressure will likely prod Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda to keep dropping hawkish signals on the policy…
