by John Biers Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Wall Street stocks finished modestly lower Friday following a disappointing US jobs report, while Pentagon missile strikes on Syria lifted defense shares and oil prices. Gold prices, a traditional safe haven in times of turbulence, also rallied following the Syria action, while global stock markets were mixed. The Labor Department reported that the US added just 98,000 jobs in March, far below […]
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Watch: US airstrikes on Syrian airfield and US President Trump justifying attacks
“There can be no dispute that Syria used banned chemical weapons, violated its obligations under the chemical weapons convention and ignored the urging of the UN Security council,” says United States President Donald Trump as he ordered a targeted military strike on a Syrian airfield. Below is US President Trump’s full statement: “On Tuesday, Syrian President Bashar al Assad launched a horrible chemical attack on innocent civilians using a deadly nerve agent. Assad choked out the […]





