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PM May's lead falls to 3 pct points
After a hectic campaign which was suspended by a suicide bombing last week , pollsters have offered a vast range for the result of the election: From May losing her majority to a landslide victory for her Conservatives of more than 100 seats.
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Jobs growth takes shine off dollar, stocks hold all-time highs (UKX)
The highest rate was in the Cleveland, Ohio, area, at 5.4 percent. The New Zealand dollar was 0.1 percent higher at $0.7072 after it was also hit by the lacklustre Chinese numbers. economist, at Natixis North America in NY. The dollar index, tracking the unit against key foreign currencies, fell to a seven-month low and was last down 0.44 percent at 96.774 .DXY The euro was 0.50 percent higher against the dollar to $1.1267.
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Soros warns European Union of 'existential crisis' ahead of Brexit talks
Orban's latest measures include an attempt to stifle the Soros-founded Central European University in Budapest and to crack down on NGOs supported by Soros' Open Society Foundations. He argued that the way to change the trend is to reform the European Union by combining the "top-down approach of the European Union institutions with the bottom-up movements that are necessary to engage the electorate".
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EU, China back climate pact after Trump pullout
The leaders of Germany, France and Italy, in a highly unusual move, issued a joint statement expressing " regret " at the decision . "Right now we are struggling to get financing from the Green Climate Fund and the decision by the USA will just worsen the situation", he said .
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How major United States stock market indexes fared on Friday
In the bond market, benchmark 10-year Treasury yields were up 2 basis points at 2.215 percent, while the German counterpart was marginally higher at 0.302 percent. Dow industrials climbed to all-time highs on Friday, as investors shrugged off a much weaker than expected jobs report. The May jobs report showed unemployment fell to 4.3 per cent, a 16-year low.
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Saudi king: Trump visit a 'turning point'
Drive them out of your Holy Land. Drive out the extremists . "Our responsibility before God and our people and the whole world is to stand united to fight the forces of evil and extremism wherever they are". "Muslim majority countries must take the lead in stamping out radicalization". Trump, along with the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi , King Salman bin Abdulaziz and First Lady Melania Trump , were inaugurating the new Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology in Riyadh ...