Concern over debt limit talks follows Biden to Group of 7 meeting in Japan
President Joe Biden faces his fellow world leaders Friday in Japan under the shadow of a looming default on US debt, a scenario his advisers said risks subverting American leadership and sending the global economy into tailspin.
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Ecuador court rejects lawmakers' challenges to president's disbanding of National Assembly
Ecuador's Constitutional Court has rejected multiple challenges that sought to invalidate President Guillermo Lasso decree dissolving the opposition-led National Assembly as it tried to oust him in an impeachment trial
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China Considers Moving Stakes in Bad Banks to Sovereign Wealth Fund
China is considering transferring government ownership in the nation’s biggest bad-debt managers to a unit of its sovereign
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Hammer of gun in 'Rust' shooting possibly modified -prosecutors
By Andrew Hay The hammer of the gun actor Alec Baldwin was holding when it fired a live
1970-01-01 08:00
Brazil's Americanas to seek bidders for fruit and vegetable unit
SAO PAULO Brazil retailer Americanas SA said on Thursday it will next week start to seek potential bidders
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PGA Championship live odds: Scottie Scheffler and Dustin Johnson favorites after Thursday
The first day of the PGA Championship is in the books, but we still have some golf to play to wrap up the first round.Due to frost in the morning, the opening round was delayed by close to two hours. The delayed start led to the a portion of the golfers who started late in the afternoon, to not ...
1970-01-01 08:00
Accounting error frees $3 billion for Ukraine weapons assistance
The Biden administration made an accounting error in assessing the value of the military support that the US has given to Ukraine to date, freeing up approximately $3 billion more in aid, an amount likely to mitigate the need for Congress to pass an additional assistance package before the end of the fiscal year in September, multiple congressional and administration officials told CNN.
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George Santos accused of scamming fellow GOP candidates in fraud scheme
Embattled lawmaker George Santos has been accused of allegedly defrauding fellow Republican candidates running for office, a report says. Mr Santos, a Republican first-term congressman from New York has been accused of a string of lies and falsehoods about numerous parts of his background. He was indicted in federal court last week for, among other things, having an associate tell a donor that a contribution to a firm Mr Santos owned would go to support his campaign. Much of the money allegedly went to Mr Santos’s personal accounts instead. But deep-pocketed donors are reportedly not the only people Mr Santos allegedly conned into donating to his firm. According to The Daily Beast, Mr Santos also allegedly took money from his fellow Republican candidates. The firm in question, identified only as “Company #1” in the indictment, is believed to be Redstone Strategies — a limited liability company founded in Florida in 2021 that listed Mr Santos’ Devolder Organization as one of its managers. Mr Santos has denied that Redstone Strategies is the company in question in the indictment but said he was unsure what that company could be. Other people seem to recall more details. Redstone reportedly served as a vendor for multiple New York Republican candidates during the 2022 election cycle and was given a substantial amount of money by Rise NY PAC, a political action committee run by Mr Santos’s sister. “George didn’t only lie to his voters, but also to fellow candidates around him for his own alleged financial gain,” Stefano Forte, a Queens Republican who ran unsuccessfully for the New York state Senate last year, told The Daily Beast. Mr Forte told the publication that Mr Santos approached him personally and pitched him on hiring Redstone, which he did — parting ways with the firm only after he’d paid it $14,000. Mr Forte said he never knew that Mr Santos had a stake in the company, meaning Mr Santos did not disclose that information when he pitched him on hiring the firm. Mr Santos confirmed to The Daily Beast that he had pitched fellow candidates on hiring Redstone, but said he never personally profited from the resulting transactions and dismissed Mr Forte’s criticism as a political attack. Mr Santos is facing a bevvy of legal issues that have made his position in Congress tenuous. Following his indictment, House Democrats introduced a resolution to have him expelled from the chamber. The House voted along party lines on Thursday to refer the resolution to the House Ethics Committee, with Mr Santos himself voting against his explosion. Read More Effort to expel Santos falters as Republicans vote to send measure to Ethics Committee Aide to embattled Republican George Santos resigns: ‘You never took one point of professional advice’ Republicans will regret taking the easy way out on George Santos Jamaal Bowman: Marjorie Taylor Greene used racial ‘bullhorn’ after Capitol exchange George Santos bizarrely compares himself to a Mean Girls character Aide to embattled Republican George Santos resigns
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Myanmar junta travel restrictions are holding up vital aid to cyclone-hit communities
Myanmar's military junta is holding up humanitarian access to some cyclone-hit communities in western Rakhine state after Cyclone Mocha devastated the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in the poorest parts of the country.
1970-01-01 08:00
Patrick Brown is free after 29 years in prison for a crime prosecutors now say he didn't commit. His fight isn't over
When Patrick Brown walked out of a New Orleans courthouse last week a free man after spending 29 years in prison for a rape that even the victim says he didn't commit, he raised his hands toward the sky -- it was a moment of triumph.
1970-01-01 08:00
Trial over Kari Lake’s last challenge to loss in Arizona governor’s race ends for 2nd day
The trial over Kari Lake's challenge to her defeat in the Arizona governor's race will go for a third day
1970-01-01 08:00
Man arrested after ramming car through Vatican gates
A man was arrested after driving through a Vatican gateway on Thursday evening, according to a statement from the Vatican Press Room, as reported by Vatican News.
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