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Jan 22 2024
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China moves to support yuan as stock markets tumble
China's major state-owned banks moved to support the yuan on Monday, tightening liquidity in the offshore foreign exchange market while actively selling U.S. dollars onshore as equities slid, four sources with knowledge of the matter said.
The goal was to prevent the yuan from falling too fast as China's A shares plunged, said one of the people, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite
ReutersMar 10 2017
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Sources: FBI investigation continues into 'odd' computer link between Russian bank and Trump Organization
Federal investigators and computer scientists continue to examine whether there was a computer server connection between the Trump Organization and a Russian bank, sources close to the investigation tell CNN.
Questions about the possible connection were widely dismissed four months ago. But the FBI's investigation remains open, the sources said, and is in the hands of the FBI's
CNN (Online News)Jan 10 2024
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Top UN court opens hearings on South Africa's allegation that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
It also involves South Africa’s identity: Its governing party, the African National Congress, has long compared Israel’s policies in Gaza and the West Bank to its own history under the apartheid regime of white minority rule, which restricted most Blacks to “homelands” before ending in 1994. “I think they have come because they want to be exonerated and think they can successfully resist the
Washington PostJan 09 2024
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Nebraska basketball defeats Purdue for first win over a No. 1 team since 1982
LINCOLN — Keisei Tominaga put his hands over his ears. The Pinnacle Bank Arena crowd had been able to sense that something special was in the cards all night roared. The rest of the Huskers spilled onto the court after Tominaga’s contested 3 dropped through the net. All night, Nebraska played with an edge, an energy of a team determined to shock the college basketball world against No. 1
Omaha World-HeraldJan 11 2024
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Palestinian viewers are captivated and moved by case at UN's top court accusing Israel of genocide
Protestors watch South African legal adviser John Dugard on a large video screen, as they follow the hearings during a demonstration march outside the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. The United Nations’ top court opens hearings Thursday into South Africa’s allegation that Israel’s war with Hamas amounts to genocide against Palestinians, a
San Diego Union-TribuneJan 10 2024
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Palestinian leader lobbies Blinken for UN membership, peace talks to end war: Live updates
Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Wednesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, seeking administrative reforms aimed at allowing his Palestinian Authority to play a key role in governing the Gaza Strip when the war is over. Blinken's convoy rolled into Ramallah, the defacto capital of the West Bank, from Tel Aviv after a day of talks with Israeli leaders who have shown little
"USA Today" ContributorJan 07 2024
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Blinken in Middle East, Seeking to Avert Wider War in Region
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on Monday before heading on to Israel after warning that the Gaza war could spread across the region without concerted peace efforts, while Israel vowed to continue fighting until Hamas was eliminated. Blinken was in Jordan and Qatar on Sunday at the start of a five-day diplomatic effort in the
Newsmax (News)Jan 10 2024
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Trump’s Plan to Deliver Fraud Trial’s Closing Speech Falls Apart
Donald Trump, ever the showman, did everything he could to turn his three-month New York bank fraud trial into a circus. And he intended to finish off this spectacle with a little less P. T. Barnum and a little more Perry Mason, dramatically closing the case on Thursday by making the exceedingly rare—and ill-advised—decision to deliver his own closing arguments. On Wednesday, just a day before
Daily BeastJan 08 2024
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Skyscraper proposed for Oklahoma City would be one of U.S. tallest
The Red River rivalry between Texas and Oklahoma is headed to new heights. Texas boasts three of the tallest U.S. skyscrapers west of the Mississippi. The 72-story Bank of America Tower in downtown Dallas was built in 1985. Houston’s 79-story JPMorgan Chase Tower opened in 1982 and the nearby 75-story Wells Fargo Plaza opened a year later in 1983. No super-tall towers have been built in Texas
The Dallas Morning NewsJan 11 2024
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Closing arguments in NYAG case expected after judge rescinds offer for Trump to speak in court
Closing arguments in the non-jury civil trial stemming from New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit against former President Trump and his business empire are expected to be delivered Thursday. The trial began in October, after James sued Trump, his family and his business empire claiming he inflated his financial statements and deceived banks. NEW YORK JUDGE ENGORON RESCINDS OFFER
Fox News (Online News)