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barrons.com —  3+ hour, 41+ min ago

...Text size American Peter Malnati was atop the leaderboard when gusting winds halted play at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Saturday, with US PGA Tour... ...A planned resumption never materialized as the winds sweeping in from the Pacific Ocean continued blow.... ...-72 Spyglass Hill and par-71 Monterey Peninsula.... ...Malnati was 12-under when play was halted, two strokes clear of Joseph Bramlett and Keith Mitchell....

barrons.com —  12+ hour, 12+ min ago

..."The disinflationary process has started," said Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at Wednesday's press conference, and with that, the stock... ...market took off, as investors priced in a lower peak for the federal-funds rate and greater odds of rate cuts in the second half of 2023....

barrons.com —  1+ hour, 12+ min ago

...Former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides, 49, is expected to top the vote in Sunday's Cyprus presidential election but not by enough to avoid... ...A record 14 candidates -- but only two women -- are standing, with the winner needing 50 percent plus one vote to succeed two-term President Nicos... ...Former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides is the favourite.... ...Averof Neofytou, 61, leader of the ruling conservatives DISY, is the other possible contender for the run-off Iakovos Hatzistavrou Neofytou is seen...

barrons.com —  30+ min ago

...Video by Ahmed Shoura Having spent most of his life housebound due to a medical condition, Jordanian Amer Abu Nawas's love of football has propelled... ...Amer Abu Nawas was born with osteogenesis, or brittle bone disease, a genetic condition hindering normal bone growth that has meant he rarely leaves... ...Khalil MAZRAAWI Discussing leagues from England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain, he sometimes uses a football pitch-shaped board to explain tactical... ..."It is true that I have never played football in my life, and have never attended any match, but for me football is everything," Abu Nawas told AFP...

barrons.com —  2+ hour, 22+ min ago

...Black Christ of Esquipulas.... ..."This is the 12th time that God has allowed me to arrive in Esquipulas," said Alberto Godines, 43, who wore a mask of a skull with horns.... ..., a city declared in 1996 by then Pope John Paul II as the "Central American capital of Faith."... ...We hope to God that we arrive without problems at the basilica," Elena Ramirez, 39, a primary school teacher from Malacatan, a town near the border...

barrons.com —  1+ hour, 47+ min ago

...Despite a peace deal signed in 2018 between President Salva Kiir and his deputy Riek Machar, violence continues to roil the world's newest nation... ...Text size Pope Francis wraps up his pilgrimage to South Sudan with an open-air mass on Sunday after urging its leaders to focus on bringing peace... ...at the John Garang mausoleum -- built in honour of South Sudan's rebel hero who died in 2005.... ...With 2.2 million internally displaced people (IDPs), and another two million outside the country, South Sudan is home to the worst refugee crisis...

barrons.com —  4+ hour, 25+ min ago

..."There is a consensus on this point," Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview with the weekly Bild am Sonntag.... ...Russian President Vladimir Putin has compared the intervention of countries such as Germany with his nation's struggle during World War II.... ...But Scholz rejected the comparison.... ...we are forced to repel the aggression of the collective West," he said Thursday on the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory at the Battle of Stalingrad...

barrons.com —  11+ hour, 10+ min ago

...rout that hit the business empire of tycoon Gautam Adani.... ...US short-seller Hindenburg Research released an explosive report in late January.... ...The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) said in a statement that India's financial market had "demonstrated ongoing stability and is continuing... ...Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday insisted Indian markets were well regulated and that the controversy would not affect investor confidence...

barrons.com —  19+ hour, 34+ min ago

...West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite won the toss and chose to bat in the first of two Tests against Zimbabwe at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo... ...The tourists are seeking to maintain an unbeaten record against the southern Africa nation having won seven of 10 previous Tests and drawn three....

barrons.com —  1+ hour, 6+ min ago

...The New Orleans Pelicans snapped a 10-game losing streak with a 131-121 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday, even as Lakers superstar... ...CJ McCollum added 23 and Trey Murphy added 21 as New Orleans turned the tide against a Lakers team that scored 72 points in the first half and led...