LONDON – If investors agree on one thing this year, it's that the dollar is going to fall. That's made the greenback's 2 percent bounce over the last month particularly confusing. U.S. inflation is cooling and the Federal Reserve may pause its interest rate hikes next month. So the dollar should be on the way down, right? Analysts say a number of factors are probably at play. One is that a range of worries – about the U.S. debt ceiling negotiations, the health of banks, and the global economy's outlook – are burnishing the dollar's safe-haven credentials.

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Anne Curtis, who's already in Japan with her husband Erwan Heussaff and their daughter Dahlia, is ready to run for a meaningful cause in the 2023 Tokyo Marathon on Sunday, March 5. The actress-TV host gave an account of her preparations ahead of the event through her Instagram page on Friday, March 3. Curtis flew to Japan days earlier to celebrate the 3rd birthday of her daughter in Tokyo Disneyland. 'Mama's turn! Got my bib! All set!' she said. 'Now the scary part, [two] antigen tests to be able to run on Sunday.

https://entertainment.inquirer.net/488947/look-anne-curtis-all-set-for-tokyo-marathon

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Ah, the magic of teenage crushes – those unforgettable heart-fluttering moments when we adorned our bedroom walls with posters of our favourite celebrities. We're taking a trip down memory lane as the Coast team shares their first celebrity crushes, and whose faces they had up on their walls — from Baywatch heartthrobs to music legends and TV sweethearts. Toni Street  My teenage crush was David Charvet from Baywatch! David Charvet. Photo / via Pinterest Jase Reeves I had Christina Applegate on my wall (Kelly Bundy!) and also Alyssa Milano, Daisy Duke and Paula Abdul .

https://www.thecoast.net.nz/trending-now/the-coast-team-reveal-their-first-celebrity-crushes/

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(2nd LD) underground tunnel-flooding(2nd LD) 9 dead in underground tunnel flooding in Osong(ATTN: RECASTS headline; UPDATES throughout with more info) CHEONGJU, South Korea, July 16 (Yonhap) -- Rescue workers have recovered eight bodies from a flooded underground tunnel in the central town of Osong on Sunday, bringing the total death toll from the incident to nine, officials said, as they battled to reach submerged cars due to flash floods caused by heavy rainfall. The 685-meter-long underground roadway was flooded in Osong, North Chungcheong Province, Saturday, when a nearby river overflowed after a river embankment was brought down by rising water levels due to heavy rain.

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U.S.-CALIFORNIA-HURRICANE HILARY(230821) -- CALIFORNIA, Aug. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A person takes photos of huge waves at Newport Beach, California, the United States, Aug. 20, 2023. After making landfall in Mexico earlier Sunday, tropical storm Hilary started to unleash wind gusts and heavy rain across California, where officials have warned of potentially deadly floods. (Xinhua)

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Intercontinental Exchange ( NYSE:ICE – Free Report ) had its price target raised by UBS Group from $135.00 to $140.00 in a research report sent to investors on Friday, Marketbeat Ratings reports. UBS Group currently has a buy rating on the financial services provider's stock. A number of other research firms have also issued reports on ICE. Morgan Stanley reduced their price target on Intercontinental Exchange from $124.00 to $118.00 and set an equal weight rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/09/09/intercontinental-exchange-nyseice-price-target-raised-to-140-00-at-ubs-group.html

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FILE - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel speaks at a news conference on Sept. 19, 2022, outside of the Genesee County Sheriff's Office in Flint, Mich. A Michigan lawmaker who is Jewish said Friday, March 3, 2023, that she and two other legislators were contacted by the FBI about an armed man who was charged with making death threats on Twitter against Jewish state officials. Nessel identified herself as a target Thursday. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP, File) MANDATORY CREDIT

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Park Seo-joon attends the Chanel Fall/Winter 2023-2024 ready-to-wear collection presented Tuesday, March 7, 2023 in Paris. (Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP) 022823128953, 21334631

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Ukrainian forces have managed to blunt Russia's offensive in and around the embattled eastern city of Bakhmut, where the situation is stabilising, commander in chief General Valery Zaluzhniy said on Saturday. Separately, Britain's defence ministry said the months-long Russian assault on the city had stalled, mainly as a result of heavy troop losses. Bakhmut is a major Russian target as it bids to fully capture Ukraine's industrialised Donbas region. At one point Russian commanders expressed confidence the city would fall soon but such claims have tailed off amid heavy fighting.

http://klse.i3investor.com/web/blog/detail/kianweiaritcles/2023-03-26-story-h-275173327-Ukraine_s_top_soldier_says_situation_in_embattled_Bakhmut_is_stabilisin

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StockNews.com initiated coverage on shares of Clear Channel Outdoor ( NYSE:CCO – Get Rating ) in a report published on Thursday. The brokerage issued a hold rating on the business services provider's stock. CCO has been the topic of several other reports. Barrington Research restated an outperform rating and set a $2.50 price objective on shares of Clear Channel Outdoor in a research note on Monday, March 6th. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price target on shares of Clear Channel Outdoor from $1.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/05/22/clear-channel-outdoor-nysecco-now-covered-by-analysts-at-stocknews-com.html

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Police in Mpumalanga have recovered a car that was stolen in Komani, Eastern Cape, 14 years ago.

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Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV increased its stake in shares of Visa Inc. ( NYSE:V – Get Rating ) by 11.1% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 169,919 shares of the credit-card processor's stock after purchasing an additional 16,916 shares during the quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV's holdings in Visa were worth $35,302,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

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Professor Jörg Wiedenmann , Head of the Coral Reef Laboratory at the University of Southampton, who led the study comments: "The question as to why coral reefs thrive in parts of the oceans that are poor in nutrients is known as Darwin's Paradox of Coral Reefs and has inspired the discovery of several important processes that can help to explain this phenomenon. We can now add the missing piece of the puzzle and help to solve the long-running mystery." He continues: "When Charles Darwin set sail on the HMS Beagle, he considered himself a geologist and during his voyage through tropical seas, quickly became interested in where and why coral reefs are formed.

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MANILA, Philippines — The government wants to reform the uniformed military personnel (MUP) pension system to avoid a 'fiscal collapse,' Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said on Tuesday. The government proposed four reforms: Receipt of pension by 57 years old Mandatory contributions for active personnel and new entrants Removal of automatic indexation of pension to the salary of active personnel of similar rank Application of reform to all active personnel and new entrants 'We want to reform them.

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News Women's golf captain Mag Kiley presenting the cheque to The Kids Garden founder Vicki Forster. MURRAY Downs Golf & Country Club women's golfers held their annual Kennedy's Jewellers Faye Ayson Memorial Pink Day recently. For many years, funds have been donated to local charity groups in memory of loved ones who have been affected by cancer. The donation of $1620 culminated from entry fees donated by the Murray Downs club, $300 from the Golden Girl Golfers and proceeds from raffles.

https://www.theguardian.com.au/news257/golf-fun-to-help-family

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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held a law and order review meeting last week and directed officials to take measures to avoid communal clashes and regulate nois...

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Houthi officials in press conference over dilapidated FSO Safer tankerMilitary officers of the Houthis' naval forces attend a press conference about the dilapidated FSO Safer supertanker moored off Yemen's coast, in Sana'a, Yemen, 08 August 2023. Over 85 percent of 1.14 million barrels of the crude oil in the tanks of the 47-year-old dilapidated FSO Safer supertanker have been transferred to a replacement vessel, two weeks after the UN-led operation began off Yemen's Red Sea coasts controlled by the Houthis.

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MANILA, Philippines — State volcanologists on Tuesday said the unrest in Mayon Volcano could last for a few months based on their observations in previous years. Dr. Teresito Bacolcol, director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), said this was similar to Mayon's activity in 2018 and 2014. 'Based on our experience, this activity may persist [for] a few months,' Bacolcol said in a Teleradyo interview. 'Kapag violent naman ang eruption niya, this would probably take a few days to weeks, pero kapag ganitong mabagal, it would probably take several months,' he added.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1787311/phivolcs-mayon-unrest-may-last-for-a-few-months

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2GB radio host Luke Grant has slammed Australia's first wellbeing budget as 'farcical'. 'They compared the mortgage rates to when they were under one per cent,' he told Sky News contributor Steve Price. 2GB radio host Luke Grant has slammed Australia's first wellbeing budget as 'farcical'. 'They compared the mortgage rates to when they were under one per cent,' he told Sky News contributor Steve Price.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/farcical-wellbeing-budget-slammed-as-a-joke/video/6fffaf0039e115bd974f2265374001f2

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