National/World

Top of the News – 10th June ’20

Drew June 10, 2020

World shares, US futures rise ahead of Fed policy decision

BANGKOK (AP) — World shares were mostly higher Wednesday as investors awaited the outcome of a Federal Reserve policy meeting.

Appearing to shrug off an overnight retreat on Wall Street, stocks rose in Paris, London and Tokyo but fell in Hong Kong and Shanghai.

How the Black Lives Matter movement went mainstream

By Jose A. Del Real,

Robert Samuels and

Tim Craig

The three words were once a controversial rallying cry against racial profiling and police violence. Now, “Black lives matter” is painted in bright yellow letters on the road to the White House. Celebrities and chief executives are embracing it. Even Sen. Mitt Romney, a Republican former presidential candidate, posted the phrase on Twitter.