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Email campaign asks McDonald's to take U.S. antibiotic curbs global | Reuters

LOS ANGELES A charity looking to fight the rise of dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria on Thursday asked the public to help convince McDonald's restaurants around the world to stop serving meat and milk from animals raised with routine use of medically important antibiotics. A week after the world's biggest fast-food company took that step with poultry at its U.S

Russia announces war games after accusing Ukraine of terrorist plot | Reuters

MOSCOW Vladimir Putin summoned his security council and the Russian Navy announced war games in the Black Sea a day after the Russian president accused Ukraine of trying to provoke a conflict over Crimea, which Moscow seized and annexed in 2014. The belligerent posture heightened worries in Ukraine that Russia may plan to ramp up fighting in a war between Kiev and pro-Russian eastern separatists that had been de-escalated by a shaky peace process. Using some of his most aggressive rhetoric against Kiev since the height of the war two years ago, Putin has pledged to take counter-measures against Ukraine, which he accused of sending saboteurs into Crimea to carry out terrorist acts.

Three major indexes end at records for first time since 1999 | Reuters

All three major U.S. stock indexes closed at record highs on Thursday for the first time since 1999 as surging oil prices and strong earnings from department stores Macy's and Kohl's buoyed investor sentiment. It was the first time since Dec

Clinton disparages Trump's economic plan, vows to help workers | Reuters

WARREN, Mich. U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Thursday said rival Donald Trump had no real plans to help middle-class families, arguing that his agenda of tax cuts and tough trade talk would throw the economy into recession

Trump acknowledges tough fight in usually Republican Utah | Reuters

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Wall St. hits record highs as investors buy department stores | Reuters

Wall Street stocks ended at record highs on Thursday as surging oil prices and strong earnings from department stores Macy's and Kohl's buoyed investor sentiment. Crude oil jumped as much as 5.0 percent on comments from the Saudi oil minister about potential action to stabilize prices and the International Energy Agency's forecast that crude oil markets would rebalance in the next few months. The S&P energy index .SPNY rallied 1.3 percent, making it the top gainer among the 10 major sectors, led by a 1.26 percent rise in Chevron ( CVX.N ).

Wall St. jumps to record highs on oil, consumers | Reuters

NEW YORK Wall Street closed at record highs on Thursday as surging oil prices and strong earnings from department stores Macy's and Kohl's buoyed investor sentiment. The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 117.86 points, or 0.64 percent, to 18,613.52 the S&P 500 .SPX gained 10.3 points, or 0.47 percent, to 2,185.79 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 23.81 points, or 0.46 percent, to 5,228.40. The three indexes closed at record highs.

Wall Street jumps to record highs on oil, consumers | Reuters

NEW YORK Wall Street closed at record highs on Thursday as surging oil prices and strong earnings from department stores Macy's and Kohl's buoyed investor sentiment. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 117.86 points, or 0.64 percent, to 18,613.52 the S&P 500 gained 10.3 points, or 0.47 percent, to 2,185.79 and the Nasdaq Composite added 23.81 points, or 0.46 percent, to 5,228.40. The three indexes closed at record highs.

Russian troop build-up could reflect 'very bad' intentions: Ukraine | Reuters

UNITED NATIONS A build-up of Russian military on Ukraine's border with the Crimean region, which has been annexed by Moscow, could reflect "very bad intentions," Ukraine's U.N. envoy warned on Thursday after the U.N. Security Council discussed the growing tensions.

Trump's criticism of Obama, Clinton as 'co-founders' of Islamic State called false | Reuters

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