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Provided by Dow Jones By Joe Wallace and Xie Yu U.S. stock futures rose Thursday as investors looked past the political unrest to focus instead on prospects for higher government spending. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.4%, suggesting the index of blue-chip stocks may open the session with muted gains after closing at a record high Wednesday. Contracts tied to the benchmark S&P 500 index rose 0.5%. Futures on the Nasdaq-100 Index gained 0.8%, suggesting that technology stocks may recoup some of their losses. The sector took a b...

Faith and Mental Health Help Shape the Integration of Muslim Refugees in Germany Format By Diana Rayes Large influxes of asylum seekers and other migrants to Europe from Muslim-majority countries have inevitably led to a significant rise in the number of Muslims in Germany, who in 2016 made up nearly 6 percent of Germany’s population. Even with no future net migration, Muslims will likely represent 9 percent of the country’s population by 2050, the Pew Research Center estimates. The rapid scale of arrival of nearly 1 million asylum seekers from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan—all Muslim-ma...

Provided by Dow Jones By Joe Wallace and Xie Yu Political unrest in Washington didn't dent the stock market's ongoing rally Thursday, with U.S. stocks climbing toward fresh records. Financial and technology stocks led Thursday's gains, pushing the S&P 500 up 1.5% and putting the broad index on pace to close at its first record of 2021. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also rose, adding 338 points to 31168.83, while the Nasdaq Composite jumped 2.1%, putting both of those benchmarks on track for new closing highs as well. Investors largely looked past Wednes...

Provided by Dow Jones By Joe Wallace and Xie Yu U.S. stocks rose Thursday as investors looked past the political unrest to focus instead on prospects for higher government spending. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.4%, or 138 points, adding gains after closing at a record high Wednesday. The benchmark S&P 500 index rose 0.7%, while the Nasadaq Composite Index advanced 1.1%. Nasdaq and the sector took a beating Wednesday when investors pushed into other stocks that are more dependent on economic growth. Investor sentiment was boosted by Dem...

Cat-erwauling... Quirijn de Lang as Tom Cat and Wallis Giunta as the Child in Opera North’s staging of L’Enfant et Les Sortilèges by Ravel. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/the Guardian Is there a choral singer anywhere who doesn’t know Christopher Smart’s cat, Jeoffry? Smart’s feline companion is the subject of 74 enchanting lines of his visionary poem Jubilate Agno (1759-63), set to music by Benjamin Britten in his cantata Rejoice in the Lamb. Smart’s poem was written in an asylum where he had been incarcerated ...