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The World in Brief from The Economist
American Treasuries jump; Iran’s president hits back at Trump, and more
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American Treasury yields jumped as investors weighed rising prices, volatile oil markets and future interest-rate hikes; Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran “cannot be made to surrender”; At the UN General Assembly, Iran’s president also accused America of breaking international law by striking civilian targets, including a girls’ school, and assassinating the country’s supreme leader.
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