The US dollar bought 110.20 Japanese yen, higher than 110.08 Japanese yen of the previous session. The US dollar increased to 0.9969 Swiss franc from 0.9912 Swiss franc, and it rose to 1.3311 Canadian dollars from 1.3308 Canadian dollars.
The US had no apparent role in the deal, which included four zones that will be included in the deal, namely Homs, Idlib, Daraa and Eastern Ghouta countryside of Damascus.
The US also is stepping up the development of treatments for COVID-19 patients, including experimenting with the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine and blood-related therapies.
The US Global Leadership Coalition also said that as the coronavirus continues to surge, it's "pretty incomprehensible" to consider cutting 34 percent from America's global health programs.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Defense (DoD) in mid-September released two documents outlining detailed strategy of the U.S. government to deliver COVID-19 vaccine doses to the American people.
The US Federal Aviation Administration met with aviation experts from major countries in Seattle on Monday to review the original certification of Boeing's 737 MAX jetliner, grounded worldwide following two crashes that killed a total of 346 people.
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The US travel ban related to the coronavirus on foreign nationals who have recently been to China caused a scramble for last-minute flights Sunday and has created uncertainty over educational exchanges.
The US Treasury's statement pushed the dollar and stocks sharply lower and bolstered gold. In the US, the Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 278.03 points, or 3.47 percent, to close at 7,726.04 on Monday. The S&P 500 was down 87.31 points, or 3.7 percent, and shares of S&P 500 technology companies, which are highly exposed to the China market, dropped 4.1 percent.
The United States, meanwhile, has remained upbeat about the prospects for talks with the DPRK, with Trump saying on Friday the firings did not violate his agreement with Kim.
The US ran a trade deficit of 0 billion against the rest of the world in 2017, but once the overseas sales of US multinationals is taken in account, the US holds a surplus of 0 billion, according to a research by Deutsche Bank based on data provided by the US Bureau of Economic Analysis.