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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Printed Chinese and Australian flags are seen in this illustration, July 21, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration   Copper +0.39% Add to/Remove from Watchlist Add to Watchlist Add Position Position added successfully to: Please name your holdings portfolio Type: BUY SELL Date:   Amount: Price Point Value: Leverage: 1:1 1:10 1:25 1:50 1:100…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Dr. Philip Nathan Jefferson, of North Carolina, nominated to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, answers a question to U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA), during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Com PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve is “on track”…

Former President Donald Trump weighed in on the debt ceiling crisis this week — and he thinks Republicans’ best bet is to hurdle into economic catastrophe. Ohio’s freshman GOP senator is listening.During a CNN Town Hall on Wednesday night, the network’s anchor Kaitlan Collins asked Trump how he views the current debt situation in the country.…

“A real war is being waged against our motherland!” Vladimir Putin boomed at crowds in Moscow’s Red Square this week. Yet even as his armoured cars and military trucks rolled across the cobbles in the annual Victory Day Parade, Western cyber experts were delivering the Russian leader a gift to remember.The Snake malicious software (malware)…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington, U.S., April 5, 2023. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo By Richard Cowan and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Detailed talks on raising the U.S. government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling kicked off on Wednesday with Republicans insisting on deep spending cuts, the day after Democratic President…

Stephanie Grisham, who served as White House press secretary under Donald Trump, said she witnessed the then-president’s sexual harassment firsthand.She told CNN that she had to try to protect one staffer in particular that Trump would request accompany him on trips.“He one time had one of my other deputies bring her back so that they…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A cyclist passes by the U.S. Capitol building, on the morning of the first day of the 118th Congress in Washington, DC, U.S., January 3, 2023. REUTERS/Jon Cherry/File Photo 2/2 By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and top Republican lawmakers will declare their positions face to…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A cyclist passes by the U.S. Capitol building, on the morning of the first day of the 118th Congress in Washington, DC, U.S., January 3, 2023. REUTERS/Jon Cherry WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of 43 Republicans in the U.S. Senate said they oppose voting on a bill that only raises the…

The Washington Post has reported that the Russian Ministry of Defence has planned to discredit Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner PMC, citing leaked US classified documents.Source: WPDetails: After Prigozhin’s harsh attacks on the ministry’s leadership, the ministry began planning an information war against him.The Russian Ministry of Defence did not want to fight…

The Russian presidential administration said Wednesday that the Kremlin was attacked by drones overnight in an attempt on President Vladimir Putin’s life.Moscow residents had reported hearing two explosions behind Kremlin walls shortly after 2 a.m. local time, after which the lights went out. Footage shared by residents in a local Telegram channel captured the incident,…