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The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Thursday fell by -0.40%. The dollar was under pressure Thursday from a stronger yuan, which rose to a 9.5-month high against the dollar. The dollar also remains under pressure due to concern over the Fed's independence and fears about capital flight with President Trump's...

Russian missiles and drones ripped through apartment blocks in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Thursday, killing at least 17 people, including four children, in an attack that President Volodymyr Zelensky said highlighted Moscow's rejection of peace moves.

The Prime Minister condemned the attack as senseless.

Missile strikes on Ukrainian capital hit EU and British Council offices in deadliest assault in months

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Moscow’s forces extend encirclement of Ukraine’s northeastern city and pummel Kyiv with a deadly attack.

Russian forces launched a "massive" attack on Kyiv on Thursday, hitting the Ukrainian capital with strikes that killed at least four people and wounded around 30 others, Ukrainian officials said.

Airstrikes draw international condemnation as four children among those killed