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By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) -The dollar nudged lower on Monday, pulling back from six-month peaks against the yen as a U.S. debt ceiling deal lifted risk appetite across world markets and dented the greenback’s safe-haven appeal. Advertisement U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday finalised a budget agreement with House... Read more
Published on: 2023-05-29
By Canan Sevgili and Libby George LONDON (Reuters) – Turkey’s lira hit fresh record lows against the dollar on Monday, though stocks rallied, after President Tayyip Erdogan secured victory in Sunday’s presidential election, extending his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade. Advertisement The lira weakened to 20.077 to the... Read more
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By Paritosh Bansal (Reuters) – Having navigated the financial crisis of 2008, Neel Kashkari worries about systemic risks. But now, as a U.S. monetary policymaker, he worries even more about inflation. Advertisement “I think if I had to err, I would err on being a little bit too aggressive in... Read more
Published on: 2023-05-29
The nation’s wildlife refuges, already straining under a billion-dollar maintenance backlog, have just been ordered to build “all-gender” bathrooms for employees at every facility that doesn’t already have single stalls. Any single-occupancy restrooms, meanwhile, must immediately be declared all-gender. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the changes are meant... Read more
Published on: 2023-05-29
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – European stock indexes slipped slightly on Monday, lacking momentum in thin trade while optimism about the U.S. having reached a debt ceiling deal over the weekend kept Wall Street futures positive. Advertisement U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy reached a... Read more
Published on: 2023-05-29
When a gold miner found a stiff ball of fur in Yukon, Canada, he had no idea what it was at first. Closer inspection showed that the grapefruit-sized clump contained tiny hands and claws, a tail, and ears—with scientists concluding that the creature is, in fact, a mummified squirrel from... Read more
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By Noah Browning (Reuters) – Oil prices were steady on Monday after U.S. leaders reached a tentative debt ceiling deal, possibly averting a default in the world’s largest economy and oil consumer, but concerns about further interest rate hikes capped gains. Advertisement Brent crude futures climbed 14 cents, or 0.2%,... Read more
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – JioCinema, the streaming platform run by India’s Reliance Industries Ltd, has signed a partnership with NBC Universal Media in a push to increase Hollywood content on the platform for Indian viewers, the companies said on Monday. The multi-year deal will give JioCinema’s premium subscribers access to popular... Read more
Published on: 2023-05-29
ERIE, Pa.–As voters drown in a sea of high-priced, negative TV and radio ads, grassroots groups can throw them a lifeline: a meaningful personal interaction that might snare their votes, if research findings hold. One such group is being formed in Pennsylvania, a critical swing state, to build support for... Read more
Published on: 2023-05-29
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on May 25 fully approved Pfizer’s oral antiviral medication Paxlovid to treat mild to moderate COVID-19 in adults at risk of severe infections. This clears the way for the drugmaker to sell it at market rates once the U.S. government supplies dwindle. The... Read more
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NATO has warned Kosovo against taking “destabilizing steps” after clashes erupted between Kosovan police and ethnic Serbs who tried to block newly-elected Albanian mayors from entering municipal buildings. “Pristina must de-escalate [and] not take unilateral, destabilizing steps,” NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg stated on Twitter on Sunday, referring to the capital... Read more
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Philippine officials began evacuating thousands of villagers, shut down schools and offices and imposed a no-sail ban Monday as Typhoon Mawar approached the country’s northern provinces a week after battering the US territory of Guam. The typhoon is packing maximum sustained winds of 96 mph and gusts of up to... Read more
Published on: 2023-05-29
China’s new ambassador to the United States has called on his Chinese compatriots and Chinese students in the United States to work with the Chinese Embassy to serve communist China in his open letters published on the embassy’s official website. Upon his arrival on May 24, the new ambassador Xie... Read more
Published on: 2023-05-29
Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe will likely abstain from voting on The Voice legislation, indicating she could not support a “white supremacy” No campaign. The senator famously quit the Greens party in February over disagreements in opinion towards the Indigenous Voice to Parliament legislation. Thorpe has continued to advocate for a... Read more
Published on: 2023-05-29
The Australian Labor premier that oversaw one of the toughest domestic border closures during the COVID-19 pandemic is calling it quits, saying the pandemic years exhausted him. West Australian Premier Mark McGowan, 55, made the surprise announcement on May 29 revealing this would be his final week as premier and... Read more
Published on: 2023-05-29
The eastern Canadian city of Halifax declared a state of local emergency late on Sunday after a wildfire caused evacuations and power outages. “Emergency responders are working around the clock to keep people safe and reduce the threats posed by the fires,” the municipal authority in the capital of Nova... Read more
Published on: 2023-05-29
DEAR ABBY: My mother is 90 and has been a widow for 10 years. When we moved to this city 30 years ago, my parents made friends with a group of people. In this group was a couple nobody in our family liked (Dad especially), but Mom remained friends... Read more
Published on: 2023-05-29