BEIJING—Global stock markets followed Wall Street higher Tuesday as anxiety about the coronavirus’s latest variant eased and China reported stronger November trade figures than expected. London and Frankfurt opened higher. Shanghai, Tokyo, and Hong Kong advanced. Oil prices rose more than $1 a barrel for a second day. Wall Street futures were higher after the…
Global Stocks Follow Wall Street Higher as Virus Fears Ease
December 7, 2021
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Oil Rebounds Above $71 on Omicron Hopes, Iran Talks
December 6, 2021
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LONDON—Oil rose by more than $1 a barrel to above $71 on Monday as hopes that the Omicron coronavirus variant may cause mostly mild symptoms boosted riskier assets and as the prospect of an imminent rise in Iranian oil exports looked less likely. Helping ease Omicron concerns, reports in South Africa said cases there only…
ISIS Terrorists Kill 5 in Attack Near Northern Iraqi Village: Reuters
SULAIMANIYA/BAGHDAD, Iraq—ISIS terrorists killed four Peshmerga soldiers and a civilian, and wounded six other people in an attack near Qara Salem village in northern Iraq, security sources said on Sunday. The Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs said in a statement that the terror attack caused casualties, but did not confirm the toll. One Peshmerga colonel said…
Israel Urges Hard Line Against Iran at Nuclear Talks
TEL AVIV, Israel—Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday urged world powers to take a hard line against Iran in negotiations aimed at reviving an international nuclear deal, as his top defense and intelligence officials headed to Washington to discuss the flailing talks. Israel has been watching with concern as world powers sit down with…
France, Europeans Working to Open Joint Mission in Afghanistan: Macron
DOHA—Several European countries are working on opening up a joint diplomatic mission in Afghanistan that would enable their ambassadors to return to the country, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday. Western countries have been grappling with how to engage with the Taliban after they took over Afghanistan in a lightning advance in August as…
Stocks, Yields Slide After US Jobs Report as Omicron Looms
December 4, 2021
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NEW YORK—Global equities and benchmark U.S. bond yields tumbled on Friday in volatile trade after data showed U.S. job growth slowed considerably in November and the Omicron variant of the coronavirus kept investors on edge. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 210,000 jobs, the fewest since last December, but the unemployment rate plunged to a 21-month low…
Stocks Stumble, Yields Choppy After US Jobs Report as Omicron Looms
December 3, 2021
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NEW YORK/LONDON—Global stock markets faltered on Friday, while benchmark bond yields gave up earlier gains after data showed U.S. job growth slowed considerably in November and markets stayed volatile as investors assess implications from the new Omicron coronavirus variant. After opening higher, Wall Street’s main indexes quickly turned negative in morning trading. European markets also…
World Shares Mostly Higher After Broad Rally on Wall Street
December 3, 2021
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BANGKOK—Stocks were mostly higher in Europe and Asia after a broad rally on Wall Street as investors awaited U.S. employment and other data due out Friday. Concerns over the spread of the new coronavirus variant and measures governments are taking to restrain it remained, but appeared to have been assuaged by reports that its symptoms…
Israel Calls on World Powers to Stop Iran Nuclear Talks Immediately
JERUSALEM—Israel on Thursday urged world powers to halt nuclear talks with Iran immediately, citing a U.N. watchdog’s announcement that Tehran has started producing enriched uranium with more advanced centrifuges. “Iran is carrying out nuclear blackmail as a negotiating tactic, and this should be answered by the immediate halt to negotiations and the implementation of tough…
Report: 10 Oil Workers Killed in Attack on Bus in Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria—Ten people were killed and one person was injured in an attack on a bus carrying workers in an oil field in Syria’s government-held areas, Syria’s state news agency reported Thursday. No details were offered of the nature of the attack or who was behind it. The news agency SANA called it a “terrorist…
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