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GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks climb as Fed calms investors; bond prices up
NEW YORK, Sept 22 (Reuters) - World stock indexes and bond prices climbed on Thursday, extending gains from a day earlier, when the U.S. Federal Reserve signaled an increasingly cautious approach to future interest rate hikes.
UPDATE 1-U.S. lawmakers accuse Russia of seeking to influence U.S. election
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The top Democrats on the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives intelligence committees accused Russia on Thursday of trying to influence the Nov. 8 U.S. election via computer hacking, and called on President Vladimir Putin to order a halt.
Despite sanctions, Russia raises $1.25 billion in Eurobond top-up
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Foreign investors put $1.25 billion into a Russian sovereign Eurobond top-up on Thursday in a deal more than six times oversubscribed, showing Moscow can readily tap global markets in spite of Western sanctions.
UPDATE 2-Palestinians' Abbas seeks British apology for 1917 Jewish homeland declaration
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Britain should apologize for its 1917 declaration endorsing the founding of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and should recognize Palestine as a state, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday.
UPDATE 1-Image purported to be Michelle Obama's passport posted online
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - An image purported to be a scanned copy of U.S. first lady Michelle Obama's passport was leaked online on Thursday alongside personal emails said to belong to a low-level White House staffer who worked with Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.
Feathers and nostalgia add glam to Prada spring collection
MILAN (Reuters) - Retro trenchcoats, feathered cuffs and brightly colored patterns hinting at the 1960s and 70s were among the highlights of Prada's spring/summer women's wear collection in Milan on Thursday.
UPDATE 2-China conditionally lifts ban on some U.S., Canadian beef
BEIJING, Sept 22 (Reuters) - China has conditionally lifted an import ban on some shipments of U.S. boneless beef and beef on the bone, and will also ease restrictions on Canadian beef, the Asian nation's agriculture ministry and its premier said on Thursday.
UPDATE 1-Syrian army announces start of a new major offensive in Aleppo
AMMAN, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The Syrian army announced the start of a new military offensive in the rebel-held east of the city of Aleppo on Thursday, signaling a potential further escalation in a bombing campaign by Russian and Syrian jets that rebels say has already intensified in the last 24 hours.
U.S. companies welcome to invest in Iran, says Rouhani
NEW YORK, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that American companies were welcome to invest in Iran.
Lundbeck says Alzheimer's drug fails in late-stage study
(Reuters) - Danish drugmaker H Lundbeck A/S's highly anticipated experimental Alzheimer's drug failed in a late-stage study, underscoring the challenges faced by drugmakers to tackle the debilitating memory-robbing disease.
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