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US equities soared on Tuesday on the heels of President-elect Joe Biden's victory. The General Services Administration confirmed it would provide the "resources and services" needed to start Biden's transition. According to Business Insider, it's a clear sign that the Trump campaign has accepted its loss in the 2020 race. The typically seamless process has been mired down by President Donald Trump's legal challenges to the election's outcome. The Dow Jones industrial average surged above 30,000 for the first time, ever marking a rapid comeback after sinking in March.
A day after the Nasdaq hit the 5,000 mark, stocks took a breather Tuesday. Wicked weather slows auto sales. Target to cut jobs. Jeanne Yurman reports.
During a visit to Tremblay-en-France, on the outskirts of Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron announces the deployment of "5,000 additional sports infrastructures" by 2024, representing an investment of "a little over 100 million euros". IMAGES
La Palma, Sep 19 (EFE).- Santa Cruz de La Palma, Spain, Sep 19 (EFE).- More than 5,000 people have been evacuated - at least 500 of them tourists - due to the eruption on Sunday of a volcano located in the Cumbre Vieja volcanic ridge area on the Spanish island of La Palma, one of the most active volcanic zones in the Canary Islands archipelago, after a week in which thousands of small earthquake-like shocks and rumblings had been detected in the region.The Cumbre Vieja is located southeast of the island's most populous municipality, Los Llanos.No injuries or worse have been reported so far, but the eruption spewed lava and a tall column of dark ash and other volcanic material into the air over an unpopulated area, according to an EFE correspondent who witnessed the event. (Camera: MIGUEL ÁNGEL PÉREZ CALERO).SHOT LIST: SMOKE AND LAVA RISE FROM THE VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN EL PASO, LA PALMA, CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN.
Boston, Sep 10 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMER: CJ Gunther) Volunteers placed 5,000 American flags at the Boston tribute to the soldiers killed since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, located in the Seaport District.
The first official budget figures since Britain voted to leave the EU show a smaller-than-expected budget surplus. As post-referendum data continues to trickle in, attention is turning to what sort of access Britain will seek with its main trading partners in the EU. Kirsty Basset reports.