Bangladesh police shot dead the pizza chef of a Dhaka restaurant, mistakenly thinking he was one of the militants who killed 20 people, and misread online warnings of an impending assault, police and government officials said on Tuesday.
Growth in India's services sector slowed to a seven-month low in June as new orders continued to soften, a business survey showed on Tuesday. Though input prices rose, service firms were barely able to raise selling prices.
Interior minister Theresa May opened up a strong lead on Tuesday in what is now a three-horse race to become Britain's next prime minister, but the first stage of voting was overshadowed by post-Brexit carnage for property investors and the pound.
Partisanship is the thing that may save us from Donald Trump. Many staunch Republicans are refusing to support Trump because of his contempt for their conservative values. Many working-class Democrats share his populist views on trade and foreign policy -- but they will never support his crude bigotry and xenophobia.
Venus Williams vanquished Yaroslava Shvedova 7-6(5) 6-2 in a brutal baseline shootout at Wimbledon to reach her first grand slam semi-final for six years.
WASHINGTON Deadly attacks in four countries linked to Islamic State show the limitations of U.S.-led efforts to loosen the group's grip in Syria and Iraq, and the challenge of stopping attacks that are not only globally dispersed but very different in their choice of targets, current and former U.S. officials said.
LONDON The Bank of England took steps on Tuesday to ensure British banks keep lending as the financial consequences of the country's decision to leave the European Union began to materialise, especially in commercial real estate.
WASHINGTON The FBI recommended on Tuesday that no criminal charges be filed over Hillary Clinton's use of private email servers while she was secretary of state, but rebuked the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate for "extremely careless" handling of classified information.
DHAKA On the last Friday of Ramadan, Meer Hayet Kabir was hoping his son Meer Saameh Mubasheer, missing for the past four months, would come home. In Bangladesh, even kidnappers sometimes released hostages on a holy day.
GENEVA/DUBAI The king of Saudi Arabia warned his country would strike with an "iron hand" against people who preyed on youth vulnerable to religious extremism, a day after suicide bombers struck three cities in an apparently coordinated campaign of attacks.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting wants size limits on bats because he believes batsmen are enjoying an unfair advantage, especially in Test cricket, and said he would raise his concerns at the MCC World Cricket Committee meeting on Monday.
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| Name | Yield | Change |
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| INR 10YR |
+7.394
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-0.032 |
| US 10YR |
+1.368
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+0.001 |
| JP 10YR |
-0.263
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-0.017 |
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| INR | 1 | 67.4552 | 74.5720 |
| USD | 0.0148 | 1 | 1.1055 |
| EUR | 0.0134 | 0.9046 | 1 |
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| Gold |
1,369.30
USD
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+12.90
Exp: Jul16
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| Copper |
2.17
USD
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-0.01
Exp: Jul16
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| Brent Crude |
48.14
USD
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+0.18
Exp: Jul16
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