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In its first abortion-related case since Donald Trump retook control of the White House, the US supreme court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday morning in a case challenging South Carolina’s attempt to effectively “defund” Planned Parenthood because the reproductive health giant performs abortions. The case, Medina v Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, deals with a […]
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The US government is considering asking a district judge to break up Google for its antitrust violations in online search, in what would mark federal prosecutors’ boldest effort yet to rein in one of the […]
Every major currency in the world has fallen against the U.S. dollar this year, an unusually broad shift with the potential for serious consequences across the global economy. Two-thirds of the roughly 150 currencies tracked by Bloomberg have weakened against the dollar, whose recent strength stems from a shift in expectations about when and by […]
By Jeslyn Lerh SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices steadied on Thursday after settling lower in the previous day, as signs of retreating fuel demand in the U.S., the world’s biggest oil user, contended with widening conflict risks in the key Middle East producing region. Brent crude futures inched up 18 cents, or 0.2%, to $88.20 a […]
11:34 p.m. ET, April 16, 2024 Analysis: Can Netanyahu avoid triggering a regional war? From CNN’s Nic Robertson Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech on July 5, 2023. Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images/File Israel, aided by its allies, dodged a bullet Sunday. To be more precise, 60 tons of explosives aboard more than 350 Iranian […]
2:40 p.m. ET, April 16, 2024 Iran “seems to be business as usual” after closing nuclear facilities on Sunday, IAEA chief says From CNN’s Raja Razek Rafael Grossi, International Atomic Energy Agency director general, appears on CNN on Tuesday, April 16. CNN After Iran closed its nuclear facilities on Sunday for “security considerations,” Rafael Grossi, […]