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DJT stock jumps after first presidential debate between Trump and Biden
Shares of the parent company of Trump's social media platform Truth Social had risen double digit percentages pre-market before paring gains.
Yahoo Finance
Biden's debate stumble comes at a crucial moment in the fundraising race
The Democratic alarm over President Biden's widely-panned debate performance comes at a crucial point in the 2024 money race.
Associated Press
Turkey's president expresses willingness to restore diplomatic ties with Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that there is no obstacle preventing Turkey and Syria from restoring diplomatic ties that were cut off at the start of the Syrian civil war more than a decade ago. “There is no reason why (diplomatic ties) should not be established,” Erdogan told reporters. “In the same way that we kept our relations with Syria alive in the past — we had these meetings with Mr Assad that included family meetings — we cannot say that it will not happen again,” Erdogan said.
USA TODAY
Will northern lights be visible in the US? Another solar storm visits Earth
Will the northern lights be visible from the U.S. this weekend? Here's what to know about the rare event.
The Conversation
The science behind splashdown − an aerospace engineer explains how NASA and SpaceX get spacecraft safely back on Earth
Safely landing a spacecraft that’s falling from the sky very quickly is easier said than done.
Associated Press
What happened this week in the UK election campaign, from more betting slips to the last debate
The U.K. general election on July 4 is just days away now, no doubt to the relief of the party leaders who have crisscrossed the country in a grueling month of campaigning. This campaign doesn't seem to have shifted the political dial much, if at all, with the left-of-center Labour Party still the clear favorite to defeat the Conservatives of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and return to power for the first time in 14 years. If the polls are broadly accurate — and even the Tories have acknowledged their likely defeat — then Labour leader Keir Starmer will at some point on July 5 be driven to meet King Charles III at Buckingham Palace in order to get the go-ahead to form a government.
Associated Press
Dutch rights groups go back to court seeking to limit export of fighter jet parts to Israel
Human rights groups returned to a Dutch court Friday seeking stricter enforcement of a court order to halt Dutch exports to Israel of parts for F-35 fighter jets used in the Gaza war, saying that the parts likely still wind up in Israel via the United States. An appeals court ordered the Dutch government in February to halt the export of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel, citing a clear risk of violations of international law if they are used in strikes on Gaza. The government has appealed that ruling, but says it is abiding by the order pending the outcome by halting direct exports to Israel.
NBC News
Two U.S. airmen charged with separate sexual assaults in Japan
TOKYO — Japanese authorities have charged two U.S.
Associated Press
US shifts assault ship to the Mediterranean to deter risk of Israel-Lebanon conflict escalating
The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp entered the eastern Mediterranean Sea this week as the U.S. positions warships to try to keep fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon from escalating into a wider war in the Middle East. While the Wasp has the capability to assist in the evacuation of civilians if full-scale war breaks out between Israel and Hezbollah along the Lebanon border, that’s not the primary reason it was rotated in, a U.S. official said.
Associated Press
Shares of Trump Media & Technology rise following first presidential debate
Shares of Trump Media, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, jumped 5% at the opening bell Friday after the first U.S. presidential debate, with some investors believing it could become a bigger mouthpiece for the former president if he is re-elected. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump clashed Thursday evening on topics including abortion, immigration and the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Biden's performance was largely seen as uneven, particularly early on.
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Stock market today: Stocks rise as key Fed-watched inflation data keeps cooling
Investors are watching for a cooling in the Fed-favored PCE print to boost rate-cut hopes, as they assess Biden's faltering performance in the Trump debate.
Reuters
Nigeria's northeast risks mass hunger as UN funding dwindles
The United Nations humanitarian agency is struggling to secure funding to combat severe food insecurity in Nigeria's insurgency-hit northeast, raising fears of mass hunger and deaths, its resident coordinator warned. In April, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) launched a $306 million appeal alongside Nigeria on behalf of 2.8 million people in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states, regions ravaged by a 15-year Islamist insurgency, during the lean season, a period of peak food scarcity. OCHA chief Mohamed Malick Fall told Reuters that, despite an initial $11 million commitment from Nigeria and another $11 million from the UN's central pool, the target remained far off due to reluctance among international donors.
Reuters
Right-wing shift may slow, not reverse climate action
A political tilt to the right in Europe and a potential Trump presidency in the U.S. will not derail climate efforts as businesses are increasingly locked into green strategies, delegates at London Climate Action Week heard. A big election year, globally, has seen right-wing and populist parties return to power or gain ground in the European Union, India, Indonesia and Argentina, and potentially France, which heads to the polls at the weekend. The greatest shake-up looms with the November election in the United States, where national polls have showed a tied race, but with President Joe Biden trailing Republican candidate Donald Trump in most of the battleground states that traditionally decide presidential elections.
AFP
US Fed's favored inflation measure cools slightly in May
The US Federal Reserve's favored measure of inflation eased slightly in May, according to government data published Friday, as goods prices cooled. Stripping out volatile food and energy prices, the closely watched "core" measure of inflation eased to an annual rate of 2.6 percent in May, in line with expectations -- a sign that underlying prices cooled further.
NBC News
Presidential debate takeaways and Oklahoma schools required to teach Bible: Morning Rundown
President Joe Biden’s debate performance amplifies Democrats’ biggest fears about his candidacy.
CNN
His wife died. Then he unexpectedly found a second chance at love on vacation
When John Nears’ wife passed away, he struggled to imagine a world without her. Then he unexpectedly met fellow widow American Judy Curtis on a vacation to Peru.
Politico
Biden surrogates wake up to post-debate panic: ‘Can he run for president?’
One surrogate conceded that the president “lost the debate on style.”
NBC News
The smallest victims: Why does America keep allowing toddlers to shoot themselves?
Three-year-old Skye McBride survived after accidentally shooting herself in the head on Valentine's Day. Her father faces charges under Michigan’s new gun storage law.
NBC News
How to store guns safely to prevent unintentional shootings
A person is killed or injured almost every day in the U.S. because a child has unintentionally fired a gun. Here are experts' tips to prevent these shootings.
Associated Press
Bolivian government says it detained 4 more people in connection with a failed coup attempt
Bolivian government officials said Friday they arrested four more people in connection with Wednesday's failed coup attempt against President Luis Arce, bringing the total detained to 21. Government Minister Eduardo del Castillo said that among those arrested were military officers, including the driver of an armored vehicle that rammed into the government palace. “He had the audacity to use an armored vehicle against the patrimony and put the life of the president at risk,” del Castillo said.

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