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Wall Street surges; Starbucks ousts CEO

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Wall Street surges; Starbucks ousts CEO

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on June 12, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no … Read more

Push to bring once-jailed Iranian activist to Canada for life-saving transplant

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Push to bring once-jailed Iranian activist to Canada for life-saving transplant

Thirty-three-year-old Elham Modarresi, an artist from Iran, went from protesting an authoritarian regime on the streets of Tehran to fighting for her life in a Turkish hospital as she suffers liver failure. Modarresi was imprisoned for three months in November 2022 after participating in the Woman, Life, Freedom movement that rocked Iran in 2022, following … Read more