10-year Treasury yield: investor sentiment remains weak newsthirst.
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York…
10-year Treasury yield: investor sentiment remains weak newsthirst.
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 21, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury slipped on Tuesday as investor sentiment remained under pressure from stalled developments in global trade. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield was 3 basis points…
Gold tops $3,500 an ounce as Trump attack on Fed spooks investors newsthirst.
Gold prices rebounded on Tuesday from a near four-week low reached in the previous session, as heightened concerns over the global trade war between the United States and its key trading partners lifted investor appetite for safe-haven assets. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Gold prices rallied on Tuesday, hitting a record as President…
IMF slashes UK’s growth forecast, points to U.S. tariffs and borrowing costs newsthirst.
Shoppers pass along the high street in Maidstone, UK, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The International Monetary Fund downgraded the U.K.’s 2025 growth forecast in its latest economic outlook released on Tuesday, warning that U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs, higher borrowing costs and increased energy prices will dent…
Who won the third leaders’ debate? Five takeaways from Albanese v Dutton | Australian election 2025 newsthirst.
1. Dutton blames Labor for poll decline Dutton’s campaign has been plagued by stumbles, policy backflips and mixed messaging, which have coincided with a dramatic collapse in the opinion polls. Asked to rate his campaign performance so far, Dutton offered a muted acknowledgment of the decline. But the opposition leader wasn’t fessing up to any…
Georgian-Russian artist Zurab Tsereteli dies aged 91 newsthirst.
Reuters Tsereteli was known for his larger-than-life sculptures, including this one of Russian President Vladimir Putin Georgian-Russian artist Zurab Tsereteli, known for his gigantic and often controversial monuments, has died aged 91. The Tbilisi-born sculptor, painter and architect divided opinion with a series of large-scale projects in Moscow, including a massive 98m (321ft) monument to…
Pope Francis’s funeral to take place on Saturday, says Vatican newsthirst.
Pope Francis’s funeral will take place on Saturday at 10:00 local time (08:00 GMT) in front of St Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican says. The date was decided after cardinals met in Vatican City on Tuesday morning to discuss the funeral’s timing. Ahead of the funeral, Pope Francis’s body will lie in an open casket in…
Rare dragonfly introduced into remote area of Cumbria to reverse its decline | Conservation newsthirst.
With its chalk-white face and bright flame-coloured markings, the white-faced darter dragonfly is a distinctive sight as it flutters around England’s peat bogs. The rare dragonfly, which breeds in mossy pools, is at threat of local extinction, but now conservationists are trying to end its population crash by introducing it into a remote corner of…
Burkina Faso army says it foiled ‘major’ coup plot newsthirst.
Burkina Faso’s military government has said it foiled a “major plot” to overthrow junta leader Capt Ibrahim Traoré, with the army alleging the plotters were based in neighbouring Ivory Coast. Security Minister Mahamadou Sana said the coup attempt was led by current and former soldiers working with “terrorist leaders”. The intention was to attack the…
Royal exhibition to recount 40 years of Charles on tour in 70 artworks | King Charles III newsthirst.
Forty years ago the then Prince of Wales invited, at his own expense, the artist John Ward to join an official visit to Italy as an official tour artist, with the brief to draw or paint whatever inspired him. Since then, 42 artists to have undertaken this role, collectively visiting 95 countries during 69 tours,…
Trump’s attacks on Powell make investors grow wary newsthirst.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (not pictured) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 17, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Yesterday’s edition of this newsletter cautioned that U.S. President Donald Trump’s desire to intervene in the Federal Reserve, as he…
