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Russian Court Freezes JPMorgan Assets Under $440 Million Claim
A St. Petersburg court froze the Russian assets of JPMorgan Chase & Co. pending consideration of a lawsuit from the country’s second-largest bank that seeks to recover about $440 million.
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Pro-Palestinian Democrats Get Warning Signs About Re-Election
Pro-Palestinian Democrats in Congress are facing warning signs in several primary elections, even after one of their own survived a challenge from a pro-Israel Democrat on Tuesday.Representative Summer Lee, who represents Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District, beat back a challenge from Bhavini Patel, winning by roughly 20 points. The race was the first of several where a challenger has raised concerns about a progressive incumbent's critiques of Israel amid the ongoing conflict between...
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Live updates: Supreme Court arguments on emergency room abortions
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in another major abortion access case as it grapples with the aftermath of reversing Roe v. Wade. Follow here for live audio of the arguments, news updates, analysis and more.
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TikTok may be banned in the US. Here's what happened when India did it
The hugely popular Chinese app TikTok may be forced out of the U.S., where a measure to outlaw the video-sharing app has won congressional...
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Azerbaijan Karabakh | World News | heraldchronicle.com
FILE - In this photo taken from video released by State Security Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, Ruben Vardanyan, the former head of Nagorno-Karabakh's
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Congress sends Biden bill requiring TikTok's parent company to sell the platform or face a US ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress sends Biden bill requiring TikTok's parent company to sell the platform or face a US ban.
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US DOJ Seeks Three-Year Jail Term for Former Binance CEO Zhao
The US Department of Justice recommended a 36-month prison sentence for Changpeng Zhao, the former chief executive officer of Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange.
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My mother’s mangalsutra was sacrificed for the country: Priyanka Gandhi responds to PM Modi’s remark
On Sunday, the prime minister claimed that the Congress will take away gold owned by women if voted to power
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US report claims evidence of arbitrary detention, rights abuses in Hong Kong, as city gov’t refutes ‘bias’ and ‘smears’
Beijing and Hong Kong have said that the US has “smeared” Hong Kong’s law enforcement actions after Washington published a report stating that the city had “significant human rights issues.” The 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices released by the US Department of State on Monday was “unfounded and biased,” the Hong Kong government […]
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Taiwan vows to remove 760 remaining public statues of martial law-era leader Chiang Kai-shek
Taiwan has vowed to remove 760 remaining statues of its late martial law-era leader Chiang Kai-shek, despite criticism that such moves “erase” the past. See also: HKFP Lens: Symbols of savagery or tributes to founder figure? Taiwan ponders fate of Chiang Kai-shek statues The island has long been divided over how – if at all […]
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Hecs/Help debt to rise by 4.8% in June as indexation lifts average loan by more than $1,200
Greens criticise Albanese government’s ‘abysmal lack of action’ as CPI figures show education costs driving up inflationFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMillions of Australians with student loans will be hit by increases of more than $1,000 in June, new figures show, as calls grow for the commonwealth to act on a growing “debt spiral”.Quarterly figures, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on...
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Australia news live: Wakeley bishop says church stabbing video should not be censored, court hears
Follow the day’s news liveCounter-terror raids launched in Sydney as part of investigation into Wakeley church stabbingGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastInspired by similar protests in the United States, students from Sydney University established a protest on the quad in support of Palestine last night, stating they will remain until the uni cuts ties “with Israeli universities and weapons manufacturers”.In the US, dozens of students have been arrested at...