Global shares slip as investors register their worries about U.S. debt

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A currency trader works at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) TOKYO — Global shares fell Thursday as investors reacted to growing worries over surging U.S. debt. France’s CAC 40 slipped 0.8 per cent to 7,849.87, while Germany’s DAX declined 0.7 per cent to 23,962.00. Britain’s FTSE 100 fell 0.7 per cent to 8,728.84. The future for the Dow Jones Industrial Average inched 0.1 per cent lower while that for the S&P 500 gained nearly 0.2 per cent. In Asian trading, Japan’s benchmark Nikkei...