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Former VP Mike Pence added Trump administration officials to his new political advocacy group. Ice Miller LLP added Pence’s nephew John Pence and former Buttigieg campaign staffer George Hornedo. Freshman Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Georgia Democrat, also staffed up his Senate office See more stories on Insider’s business page. A diaspora of Hoosier politicos in…

US Markets Loading… H M S Premium Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidates Amanda Chase, Kirk Cox, Pete Snyder, and Sergio de la Peña. Photos by Steve Helber/ AP Photo; Julia Rendleman for The Washington Post via Getty Images; Steve Helberand/ AP Photo; and De la Pena campaign site This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers.…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks to news media in Ottawa OTTAWA (Reuters) – The COVID-19 pandemic and its damaging impact on women has underlined the need for a national childcare plan, which would also help the economic recovery, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Thursday. Since taking up her job…

(Adds comments from Calvino.)April 8 (Reuters) – The Spanish government will lower its forecast for gross domestic product growth in 2021 after the first quarter was worse than expected, Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said on Thursday. “We leave behind a tough first quarter of the year, and that’s the main reason why we are going…

FILE PHOTO: Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney in Berlin, Germany, December 11, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/Pool/File PhotoDUBLIN (Reuters) – Nightly outbreaks of street violence in Northern Ireland must stop before somebody is killed, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Thursday, calling on the region’s political and community leaders to work together to ease tension.“This needs…

© Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the state of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday made a fiery appeal for U.S companies to foot most of the bill for his $2 trillion-plus infrastructure plan, but signaled an openness to negotiate…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday will unveil his administration’s first steps to curb gun violence, including a plan to reduce the proliferation of “ghost guns,” after a slew of mass shootings that have put pressure on him to act.FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden visits a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination site at Virginia…

Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi attends a signing ceremony following the talks with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia August 22, 2019. Sputnik/Alexey Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS/File PhotoJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Mozambique has told the international community what support it needs to deal with an Islamic State-linked insurgency, but for reasons of sovereignty it will tackle some…

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday warned Ethiopia of the risk of conflict over its giant dam on the Blue Nile after talks involving the two countries and Sudan ended without progress.FILE PHOTO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi speaks during a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron at the…

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Moscow and Washington are in contact over whether Russia will attend a climate summit after U.S. President Joe Biden invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, RIA cited Russia’s foreign ministry as saying on Wednesday.Russia said it was waiting for additional information from the United States before deciding on what format its participation…