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Stock market today: Wall Street ticks higher as pressure eases from the bond and oil markets

Sep. 28, 2023 16:25 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street ticked higher Thursday to trim its sharp loss for September after pressure squeezing it from the oil and bond markets relaxed a bit. The S&P 500 rose 25.19, or 0.6%, to 4,299.70. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 116.07 points, or 0.3%, to...

National Security Agency is starting an artificial intelligence security center

Sep. 28, 2023 16:06 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Security Agency is starting an artificial intelligence security center — a crucial mission as AI capabilities are increasingly acquired, developed and integrated into U.S. defense and intelligence systems, the agency's outgoing director announced Thursday. ...

China's defense minister has been MIA for a month. His ministry isn't making any comment

Sep. 28, 2023 12:01 PM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson said Thursday that he was “not aware of the situation” in the ministry's first public comments on the disappearance of the defense minister from public view about one month ago. Senior Col. Wu Qian, the director of the...

The American soldier who bolted into North Korea 2 months ago has returned to the US

Sep. 28, 2023 10:53 AM EDT

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The American soldier who sprinted into North Korea across the heavily fortified border between the Koreas more than two months ago was whisked to a Texas Army base Thursday for medical checks and interviews after his return to the U.S., according to the Pentagon. ...

Trading of shares of heavily indebted property developer China Evergrande suspended in Hong Kong

Sep. 28, 2023 10:13 AM EDT

HONG KONG (AP) — Trading in shares of heavily indebted Chinese property developer China Evergrande Group was suspended in Hong Kong on Thursday, according to a notice on the Hong Kong stock exchange. China Evergrande said in a notice on Thursday night that authorities had informed...

Stock market today: Wall Street yo-yos to a mixed close as oil and bond markets raise the pressure

Sep. 27, 2023 17:11 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street yo-yoed to a mixed finish Wednesday after rising oil prices and bond yields cranked up the pressure even higher on the stock market. After taking several U-turns through the day, the S&P 500 inched up by 0.98, or less than 0.1%, to 4,274.51 and...

Giant panda Fan Xing leaves a Dutch zoo for her home country China

Sep. 27, 2023 06:55 AM EDT

RHENEN, Netherlands (AP) — Giant panda Fan Xing began a long journey home on Wednesday — to a country she has never visited. The 3-year-old was given a ceremonial send off Wednesday from Ouwehands Zoo in the Netherlands, where she was born, for the first leg of her journey to...

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly lower after Wall Street retreat deepens

Sep. 27, 2023 00:44 AM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — Shares in Asia were mostly lower on Wednesday after Wall Street’s ugly September got even worse, with benchmarks dropping back to where they were in June. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 lost 0.4% to 32,192.94. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng advanced 0.7% to 17,585.27. The Shanghai...

With spying charges behind him, NYPD officer now fighting to be reinstated

Sep. 26, 2023 20:43 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — A suspended New York City police officer who had been accused -- then later cleared -- of spying for China is fighting to be reinstated, but the department wants him fired for refusing to be interrogated by the bureau of internal affairs exploring possible disciplinary action. ...

Chinese gymnast Zhang Boheng wins men's all-around at the Asian Games. The Paris Olympics are next

Sep. 26, 2023 08:54 AM EDT

HANGZHOU, China (AP) — Chinese gymnast Zhang Boheng won the men's all-around title Tuesday at the Asian Games, putting himself up as a name to watch at next year's Paris Olympics. Zhang missed out on competing at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, but won the all-around title later in the...