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Former President Donald Trump on Thursday denied a claim that he flushed documents down a White House toilet and said he was told he was under “no obligation” to turn over his administration’s records, which flies in the face of presidential-records law.”Also, another fake story, that I flushed papers and documents down a White House…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A National Australia Bank (NAB) sign is displayed outside an office building in central Sydney, Australia, July 24, 2015. REUTERS/David Gray By Byron Kaye and Shashwat Awasthi (Reuters) -National Australia Bank Ltd, the country’s No. 2 lender, posted a bigger-than-expected jump in first-quarter profit on Thursday as a robust property market…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. one dollar banknotes are seen in front of displayed stock graph in this illustration taken, February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Dhara Ranasinghe, Saikat Chatterjee and Davide Barbuscia LONDON (Reuters) -Almost overnight, inflation-linked bonds have become the hot ticket in global financial markets, pitting banks against hedge funds in…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Containers are seen at the Yangshan Deep Water Port in Shanghai, China, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, October 19, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. goods exports to China fell in December, cementing a massive shortfall in Beijing’s two-year purchase commitments under the “Phase…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army general tapped to take over as top U.S. commander in the Middle East warned senators Tuesday that if Russian invades Ukraine, as many fear, it could create broader instability in the Middle East, including Syria. But he was clear that Iran remains the key threat to U.S. and allies in…

The winner of a Las Vegas slot machine jackpot didn’t know he won more than $229,000 because of a “communications error” in the machine, the Nevada Gaming Control Board said.Robert Taylor of Arizona won the jackpot Jan. 8 at Treasure Island Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. However, because of the error, a malfunction occurred…

MIAMI (AP) — A court in Venezuela has upheld long prison sentences for six American oil executives detained in the South American country on corruption charges for more than four years.Venezuela’s supreme court announced the ruling late Friday, disappointing family members who had hoped the surprise decision last fall to hear the appeal, and a…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Men wearing protective face masks walk under an electronic board showing Japan’s Nikkei share average inside a conference hall, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Tokyo, Japan January 25, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Stock indexes around the globe traded mixed despite strong Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) earnings…

A Texas parent argued that a children’s biography about former first lady Michelle Obama is “leftist indoctrination” and demanded that the book be removed from shelves, NBC News reported.In a “Request for Reconsideration of Instructional Resources,” an unnamed parent argued that “Michelle Obama: Political Icon” by Heather E. Schwartz “unfairly” painted former President Trump as…

In “The World According to Jeff Goldblum,” Jeff Goldblum explores the globe, learning about a variety of different topics. So, who better than Jeff to step in as a WIRED correspondent* for a day and review a gaggle of unique travel gadgets. Jeff looks at everything from the world’s tiniest vacuum to a paper camera.…