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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The general in charge of Russia’s troops in Ukraine has briefed President Vladimir Putin on how his forces repelled a large-scale Ukrainian attack in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, one of his subordinates said on Thursday.Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said earlier on Thursday that Russian forces had withstood fierce overnight attempts by Ukrainian…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Jihad Azour attends an interview with Reuters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, May 2, 2023. REUTERS/Abdel Hadi Ramahi BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s disparate opposition, independent and main Christian parties said on Sunday they had nominated IMF official Jihad Azour for the presidency in a challenge to Hezbollah-backed candidate Suleiman Franjieh. A…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a speech on bipartisan legislation that lifts the federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, in his first Oval Office address to the nation at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 2, 2023. REUTERS/ By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a…

2/2 © Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during debt limit talks with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 22, 2023. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo 2/2   BP +2.68% Add to/Remove from Watchlist Add to Watchlist Add Position Position added successfully to: Please name…

President Joe Biden delivered his first speech to the nation from the Oval Office Friday night to celebrate a “crisis averted” by agreeing to a bipartisan measure to prevent a government default – and reactions to the speech, and the bill itself, are about as divided as the country itself. Not that there wasn’t a…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell holds a news conference after the release of U.S. Fed policy decision on interest rates, in Washington, U.S, May 3, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will testify at the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on June 22 at 10 am Eastern time,…

Former President Donald Trump returned to Iowa on Thursday for a full day of campaign events, taking multiple jabs at 2024 primary rival Ron DeSantis and defending people imprisoned in connection with the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of his supporters.In particular, Trump took issue with a comment the…

3/3 © Reuters. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) arrives for his news conference after the weekly Senate Democratic caucus policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. May 31, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 2/3 By Richard Cowan, David Morgan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate will stay in session until it…

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin will join Republicans in voting on a bill to overturn President Joe Biden’s student-debt relief plan.On Wednesday, the Senate voted to advance a GOP-led bill that would overturn Biden’s plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt for federal borrowers, along with immediately ending the payment pause. Three Democratic lawmakers…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. and Chinese flags are seen through broken glass in this illustration taken, January 30, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo By Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New rules under consideration would restrict the flow of U.S. investments and know-how into Chinese companies working on advanced semiconductors, artificial intelligence and quantum computing, a…