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What To Expect From El Niño And La Niña? As a strong El Niño phenomenon is being predicted for the coming months, large parts of the United States can potentially expect a wet and stormy fall and winter. As Statista's Katharina Buchholz details below, this is seen in data from the International Research Institute for Climate and Society at Columbia University. You will find more infographics at Statista While El Niño can also bring excess rain to parts of South America, Central Asia and Africa, it can exacerbate drought conditions in places like the Pacific Northwest, the...

US Africa Command said on Tuesday that its forces launched airstrikes in northeastern Nigeria on May 18, marking the third day in a row that the US conducted strikes in the West African nation. AFRICOM said the latest strikes were launched in coordination with the Nigerian government and claimed that the targets of the strikes […]

Futures, Yields And Oil All Rise As Trump Arrives In China US equity futures are up (alongside oil and yields, go figure), reversing yesterday's modest losses, as optimism around the earnings potential of AI outweighs concerns over hot inflation readings bringing dip buyers back to drive tech stocks higher, with traders betting that the tech rally has further room to run while also hoping on good news from the Trump-Xi summit set to start today in Beijing. As of 7:30am ET, S&P futures were up 0.2% and Nasdaq futures rose...