President Donald Trump faces a test in the form of Hurricane Harvey as his administration sought to assure residents of Texas and Louisiana Friday that the federal government is prepared for what new FEMA Director Brock Long called a “very dangerous situation.” Long, who was confirmed as FEMA director two […]
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WASHINGTON — Special Counsel Robert Mueller issued grand jury subpoenas in recent days seeking testimony from public relations executives who worked on an international campaign organized by Paul Manafort, people directly familiar with the matter told NBC News. This is the first public indication that Mueller’s investigation is beginning to […]
WASHINGTON — Special Counsel Robert Mueller issued grand jury subpoenas in recent days seeking testimony from public relations executives who worked on an international campaign organized by Paul Manafort, people directly familiar with the matter told NBC News. This is the first public indication that Mueller’s investigation is beginning to […]
Ms Yellen stayed silent on monetary policy while speaking at the annual meeting of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Interest-rate sensitive sectors such as telecommunications, up 0.8 per cent, and utilities, up 0.3 per cent, rose after her speech. Her address focused on financial stability while giving no hint […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump appears likely to pull the plug on DACA, the Obama-era program allowing young people who came to the U.S. illegally as children to remain here, several government officials said Friday. Administration officials said the Department of Homeland Security sent a recommendation to the White House […]
Peruvian archeologists uncovered the remains of Chinese migrants in pre-Incan burial grounds in Huaca Bellavista in Lima. The bodies of the migrant workers date back to the nineteenth century. Because Chinese migrant workers were not Catholic, they were not allowed to be buried in cemeteries. Thus, workers buried their friends […]
The euro climbed to $1.1912, its highest level since January 2015, after the European Central Bank president’s speech in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Mr Draghi told the annual central bankers’ meeting: “The global recovery is firming up.” But he also admitted that in Europe and Japan, “the consolidation of the recovery is […]
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has described the moves as a “Stalinist” attempt to rewrite history. The tensions in the United States over whether or not to remove statues of proslavery Confederate Civil War leaders in Charlottesville, Virginia, has stoked the debate in Australia and elsewhere. Political leaders in Sydney […]