The Treasury Department said Wednesday that it had complied with the Supreme Court’s order and has made available Donald Trump’s tax returns to a congressional committee. The court had last week declined to interfere in the matter, saying that the House has the right to request the tax returns from the IRS. A department spokesperson said […]
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A letter bomb injured a security officer at Ukraine’s embassy in Madrid on Wednesday. Following the incident, Kyiv has to ordered greater security at all its representative offices abroad. The letter arrived by regular mail and was not scanned. Mercedes Gonzalez, a Spanish government official, told broadcaster Telemadrid that the letter bomb caused “a very […]
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Security forces shot dead an Iranian man who was celebrating his football team’s loss to the United States at the World Cup, rights groups said Wednesday. Following the loss in Qatar on Tuesday night, Iran is now out of the tournament. The results drew a mixed response from pro- and anti-regime supporters. Activist Mehran Samak, […]
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Infusing hope in the economy, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that the central bank could ease its pace of interest rate hikes “as soon as” December. Amid soaring prices, the Fed has taken several steps to tame inflation that has hit levels not seen since the 1980s. It has all the while tried […]
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Washington is committed to reopening its Jerusalem consulate for Palestinians, the top US official on Palestinian affairs Hady Amr said on Wednesday amidst a new hard right government gearing up to take office in Israel. He reiterated that the Biden administration aims to reopen its Jerusalem consulate that was shut down in 2019 by then-President […]
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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries has been elected to succeed Nancy Pelosi as leader of the Democrats in the House next year. Jeffries will become the first Black American to head a major political party in the Congress. The decision taken on Wednesday at Capitol Hill was a closed door one and unanimous, by acclamation. The internal […]
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday said that China still has room to adjust its strict zero-Covid policy, pointing out that the nation’s stringent policies have been especially hard on the people. In an email statement to AFP a spokesperson for IMF, “Covid and Covid-related restrictions are hard on people… This has been the […]
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A latest report by an international think tank claims that half of the world’s democratic countries are currently experiencing “an erosion of democracy”. The report also claimed that the situation has worsen in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. “We’re seeing extraordinarily severe headwinds for democracy now, intensified […]
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In China, the districts of Haizhu, Baiyun, Fanyu, Tianhe, Conghua, Huadu and Liwan saw the end of temporary lockdowns. The district of Conghua also announced that it will allow the reopening of schools and people in most areas will be able to visit restaurants and other commercial locations. In other news, Eurozone inflation is expected to […]
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The Ukraine government’s ‘surrender hotline’ for Russian soldiers receives up to 100 inquiries a day, as reported by BBC. In September, the “I Want To Live” project got underway. Russian troops can organise the most effective manner to surrender to Ukrainian forces by dialling a hotline or submitting information through messaging apps. More than 3,500 interactions […]
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