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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate is debating a bill brokered by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy that lifts the government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling while imposing spending caps and cuts on Biden’s plan to boost funding for the IRS to audit wealthy Americans, among other things. The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed the bill on Wednesday evening in a bipartisan 314-117 vote. Here’s a summary of […]

Shrimp Discovered as Potential Natural Whitening Agent by Israeli Researchers  Researchers at Ben-Gurion University have found that the Pacific cleaner shrimp could serve as an alternative to substances like titanium dioxide and zinc oxide, which are commonly used as whitening agents in food, cosmetics, and paint  By Crystal Jones/The Media Line  Researchers at Ben-Gurion University in Israel have discovered that shrimp could potentially serve as a whitening agent in food, […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (Reuters) -President Joe Biden tripped and fell after handing out the last diploma at a graduation ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy on Thursday, but got up quickly and walked back to his seat. The 80-year-old U.S. president fell forward, caught himself with his hands, then got up on one knee helped by three people. He walked back to his seat unassisted. After Biden was helped […]

By Steve Holland COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden predicted on Thursday Sweden will join NATO “soon”, speaking at the U.S. Air Force Academy days after he hinted at a possible deal to overcome Turkey’s opposition to admitting the Nordic country to the alliance. Biden, in a flag-waving commencement address in Colorado Springs, Colorado, warned graduates they will enter service in an increasingly unstable world, citing challenges […]

(Fixes spelling in final paragraph, please read “waver” instead of “waiver”) By Steve Holland COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden predicted on Thursday Sweden will join NATO “soon”, speaking at the U.S. Air Force Academy days after he hinted at a possible deal to overcome Turkey’s opposition to admitting the Nordic country to the alliance. Biden, in a flag-waving commencement address in Colorado Springs, Colorado, warned graduates they […]

By Luc Cohen and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Thursday stopped short of approving Deutsche Bank AG’s $75 million settlement with women who said that Jeffrey Epstein abused them, and that the German bank facilitated the late financier’s sex trafficking. At a hearing in Manhattan federal court to consider preliminary approval of the settlement, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff said he needed more specifics about who […]

By Junko Fujita and Ankur Banerjee TOKYO/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -As foreigners pile into Japan’s steepest stock market rally in years, local investors have been furiously cashing out or even betting against what many see as the beginning of a long-overdue era of profitability and returns. The Nikkei share average’s closed out its best month in 2-1/2 years on Wednesday, riding a wave of foreign cash and optimism for corporate reform that […]

By Luc Cohen and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Thursday stopped short of approving Deutsche Bank AG’s $75 million settlement with women who said that Jeffrey Epstein abused them, and that the German bank facilitated the late financier’s sex trafficking. At a hearing in Manhattan federal court to consider preliminary approval of the settlement, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff said he needed more specifics about who […]

By Aleksandra Michalska and Michael Martina NEW YORK (Reuters) – The hope for a “free China” lives on in a new Manhattan museum dedicated to China’s 1989 suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations around Tiananmen Square, exhibit organizers said on Thursday ahead of the 34th anniversary of the crackdown. The June 4th Memorial Museum in New York will be the only such permanent exhibition in the world, following the 2021 closure of […]