NEW YORK (AP) - Most U.S. stocks rose, but the worst drop for UnitedHealth Group in a quarter of a century kept Wall Street in check. The S&P 500 edged up 0.1% Thursday. Another drop for Nvidia helped pull the Nasdaq composite down 0.1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped 1.3%.
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Before flying to Italy’s southern Puglia region to meet world leaders at the Group of Seven summit, Pope Francis hosted a very different audience at the Vatican on Friday celebrating the importance of humor.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight into Thursday killed at least 23 people, including a family of 10, local health officials said. The United Nations meanwhile raised alarm over the mounting impact of Israel's six-week-old blockade preventing all food and other supplies from entering the territory.
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Catholic Church has a long and controversial history of the faithful claiming to have had visions of the Virgin Mary, of statues that purportedly wept blood tears and stigmata that erupted on hands mimicking the wounds of Christ.
TORONTO (AP) - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday who is best to deal with U.S. President Donald Trump is the key question in Canada’s election while his Conservative rival argued Carney doesn’t represent change after a decade of Liberal Party rule.
Surging U.S. tariffs will weaken the global economy and push up inflation this year, according to projections to be released next week by the International Monetary Fund.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Judges at the International Criminal Court want Hungary to explain why it failed to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he visited Budapest earlier this month.
