• Reuters

    GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks gear up for Big Tech earnings; yen sits near danger zone

    Global shares rose on Tuesday, driven by a recovery on Wall Street, where investors focus on earnings reports from the U.S. megacaps, while the yen hit a new 34-year low against the dollar, prompting a warning from Japanese officials. Adding to the optimism was a series of surveys of business activity that showed Germany returned to growth in early April after months of contraction, while activity in the broader euro zone expanded at its fastest clip in nearly a year. Investors are less concerned right now about the threat of a major re-escalation of tension in the Middle East and more focused on earnings.

  • Associated Press

    Columbia switches to hybrid learning amid protests over Israel's war in Gaza

    Columbia University's main campus will switch to hybrid learning for the rest of the semester amid protests over Israel's war with Hamas that have roiled colleges across the U.S., officials announced. “Safety is our highest priority as we strive to support our students’ learning and all the required academic operations,” the Ivy League university's provost, Angela V. Olinto, and chief operating officer, Cas Holloway, said in a statement late Monday. The move came after more than 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators who had camped out on Columbia’s upper Manhattan campus were arrested last week.

  • PA Media: Sport

    Erik Ten Hag says reaction to Manchester United’s FA Cup win was ’embarrassing’

    The club have faced criticism after letting a 3-0 lead slip against second-tier Coventry at Wembley.