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The United States suspended all food aid to Ethiopia on Thursday, citing “widespread and coordinated” theft of the contributions in a country where at least 20 million people need donated food. The United States is by far the largest aid donor to Ethiopia, with 120 million people, Africa’s second most populous country, so the impact […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday announced Democrats’ plans to mark up legislation to increase the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour, pointing to an increase in the cost of living. Outside the U.S. Capitol, Sanders, a Vermont independent and chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said the panel […]
In a harsh blow to an already-reeling sector, Moody’s Investors Service on Monday cut its view on the entire banking system to negative from stable. The firm, part of the big three rating services, said it was making the move in light of three key failures that prompted regulators to step in Sunday with a […]
Jan 26 (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury on Thursday imposed sanctions on Paraguay’s former President Horacio Cartes and current Vice President Hugo Velazquez, citing “rampant corruption that undermines democratic institutions.” The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control also blacklisted four entities owned or controlled by Cartes.
BEIJING, Dec 25 (Reuters) – China’s military said it conducted drills in the sea and airspace near Taiwan on Sunday in response to an unspecified U.S.-Taiwanese provocation. “We will take all necessary steps to defend sovereignty, territorial integrity,” the Eastern Theater Command of the People’s Liberation Army said in a statement, without giving more details. […]
WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on prominent Turkish businessman Sitki Ayan and his network of companies, accusing him of acting as a facilitator for oil sales and money laundering on behalf of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps. Ayan’s companies have established international sales contracts for Iranian oil, arranged shipments […]
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The Courts Urooj Rahman was ‘quite drunk’ during George Floyd riots, court filings show Urooj Rahman Josh Christenson • September 29, 2022 4:59 am A left-wing lawyer who pleaded guilty to firebombing a police cruiser is asking for a commutation of her sentence, pointing to the fact that she was inebriated at the time of […]