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The rally hit peak on Friday when a report showed consumer sentiment in the US had rebounded in November.
China and the US account for 38 per cent of the world’s total man-made carbon emissions.
The UN also fears a mass exodus of some 1.5 million civilians from the battered city.
The Russian military says that it is very likely chlorine and white phosphorous were used against soldiers and civilians.
What Americans have done today is historic. They may not have made history by electing the first female president but they have, unintentionally, initiated steps towards a retreat.
By the time he was declared the winner, the Dow Jones plummeted 827 points.
Both leaders acknowledged that the conflict cannot go on indefinitely.
Park has already issued two apologies that have failed to quell the anger of some Koreans over what they see as an abuse-of-power.
Islamist rebels are trying to seize areas of Aleppo under government control.
"We are still in a race against time," Ban Ki-Moon said.