Fatima Al-Kassab

1 month ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Fatima Al-Kassab

Updated February 25, 2025 at 14:37 PM ETROME — Pope Francis' condition remains critical but stable and he was able to do some work while still in the hospital with double pneumonia, the Vatican said in a Tuesday evening update. That followed earlier Holy See news bulletins saying the pope had "rested well" Monday night after a slight improvement and resumed some of his duties at Rome's Gemelli hospital, including meeting with Vatican officials to sign documents linked to sainthood designations.

2 months ago | wlrn.org | Fatima Al-Kassab

Updated February 03, 2025 at 12:21 PM ETWall Street is feeling tariff whiplash. U.S. stocks pared back their losses by midday Monday, as President Trump said he would delay at least part of his threatened global trade war. Major stock indices plunged in early Monday trading, but by midday had somewhat recovered: The Dow was trading down about 150 points or 0.3%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was down 1.2% and the broader S&P 500 index fell 0.8%.

2 months ago | tpr.org | Fatima Al-Kassab

Updated February 03, 2025 at 12:21 PM ETWall Street is feeling tariff whiplash. U.S. stocks pared back their losses by midday Monday, as President Trump said he would delay at least part of his threatened global trade war. Major stock indices plunged in early Monday trading, but by midday had somewhat recovered: The Dow was trading down about 150 points or 0.3%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was down 1.2% and the broader S&P 500 index fell 0.8%.

2 months ago | wgbh.org | Fatima Al-Kassab

February 03, 2025 Updated February 03, 2025 at 07:32 AM ETGlobal stock markets slumped, the dollar strengthened, oil prices rose, with U.S. stock market futures down sharply Monday, after President Trump imposed tariffs on imports from key trading partners Mexico, Canada and China over the weekend. Asian markets fell with Taiwan, South Korea and Japan performing the worst. The Nikkei Index in Japan down by around 2.5%, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dropped by 1.3% in early trading.

2 months ago | mprnews.org | Fatima Al-Kassab |Maria Aspan

U.S. stocks sank at the open on Monday, as the nation braces for a new phase of a global trade war based on tariffs. The Dow fell over 1 percent, or 500 points. The tech-heavy Nasdaq dropped 2 percent and the broader S&P 500 index fell 1 percent. Over the weekend, President Donald Trump's announced new tariffs on the United States' largest trading partners. Starting Tuesday, imports from Canada and Mexico will pay 25 percent duties and those from China 10 percent.