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December S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESZ25) are up +1.12%, and December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ25) are up +1.55% this morning as strong quarterly results and guidance from AI darling Nvidia boosted sentiment.

Japan warns of emerging security environment in ways not seen since the Cold War

Researchers looking at pathogens or harmful algal blooms as possible causes

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The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is up by +0.39% at a 1.5-week high. The dollar is moving higher today amid weakness in the yen, which tumbled to a 9.75-month low on concern that the Japanese government will support a stimulus package that would substantially increase Japan's debt burden. Today's...

When Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean in October 2025, it left a trail of destruction. The Category 5 storm damaged buildings in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba, snapped power lines and cut off entire neighborhoods from hospitals and aid.

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A Japanese woman has been indicted for kissing BTS's Jin without consent during a 2024 fan event in Seoul, sparking legal action and public outcry.

Hopes for an interest rate cut from the Fed are fading despite a global slowdown and a spike in the VIX.

What began as a war of words has now erupted into a full-scale economic and political confrontation with regional and global implications.

Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda announces a $912 million U.S. investment in hybrid vehicle production after a patriotic NASCAR event in Japan.