The Pentagon claimed that Soleimani "had orchestrated attacks on coalition bases in Iraq over the last several months". Iran has denied involvement in the recent deadly attacks on US forces in Iraq.
The Ruby Princess cruise ship departs Port Kembla in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, April 23, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]
The Puyuma Express No. 6432 bound for Taitung from Shulin Station with 366 passengers on board derailed at 4:50 p.m. Sunday afternoon in Yilan, leaving 18 people killed and 190 people injured. It was considered Taiwan's worst train crash in more than three decades.
The Senate has so far refused to allow witnesses, but on Wednesday, Schiff brought a few to the Senate floor by playing video clips from current and former officials who testified last year before the House Intelligence Committee chaired by Schiff.
The S&P Technology Index fell 2.3 percent, its biggest one-day fall in more than two months. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index lost 3.1 percent as shares of chipmakers, which get much of their revenue from China, were pounded. The CBOE Volatility index, considered a thermometer of market fear, rose to its highest level in nearly a month.
The S&P 500 index added 28.63 points, or 1.1 percent, to 2,740.37. The Dow Jones Industrial Average picked up 264.98 points, or 1.1 percent, to 25,380.74. The Nasdaq composite climbed 128.16 points, or 1.8 percent, to 7,434.06. The Russell 2000 index jumped 33.57 points, or 2.2 percent, to 1,544.98.
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The Qingdao municipal government signed a cooperation agreement with Shandong Port Group, collaborating in city-port integration, port facilities construction, shipping industry and environment-friendly and smart port construction.
The ROK and the DPRK agreed to hold the third Moon-Kim summit in Pyongyang before the end of September.
The Republican-controlled Senate voted 84-13 to approve the 64-year-old lawyer to a four-year term as Fed chair beginning early next month.
The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee held a meeting on Thursday to discuss economic work for next year. During the meeting, the leadership agreed that there have been changes in the international and domestic situation, and the country will make efforts to stabilize economic growth while continuing to carry out reform and opening-up.