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By Abinaya V and Jatindra Dash (Reuters) – At least 233 people were killed and 900 were injured when two passenger trains collided in India’s Odisha state, a government official said on Saturday, making the rail accident the country’s deadliest in more than a decade. The death toll from Friday’s crash is expected to rise, the state’s Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena said on Twitter. He added that over 200 ambulances […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden celebrated a “crisis averted” in his first speech to the nation from the Oval Office Friday evening, ready to sign a budget agreement that eliminates the potential for an unprecedented government default that he said would have been catastrophic for the U.S. and global economies. The bipartisan measure was approved by the Senate late Thursday night after passing the House in yet another late […]
By Jeff Mason and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden declared a “crisis averted” on Friday in his first address from the White House’s Oval Office, touting the passage of a bill to suspend the U.S. debt ceiling and avoid economic catastrophe. Biden used the moment to plead with Americans to bridge their divides, saying his compromise with top Congress Republican Kevin McCarthy showed what could be done. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden celebrated a “crisis averted” in his first speech to the nation from the Oval Office Friday evening, ready to sign a budget agreement that eliminates the potential for an unprecedented government default that he said would have been catastrophic for the U.S. and global economies. The bipartisan measure was approved by the Senate late Thursday night after passing the House in yet another late […]
By Jeff Mason and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden declared a “crisis averted” on Friday in his first address from the White House’s Oval Office, touting the passage of a bill to suspend the U.S. debt ceiling and avoid economic catastrophe. Biden used the moment to plead with Americans to bridge their divides, saying his compromise with top Congress Republican Kevin McCarthy showed what could be done. […]
By David Dolan and Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) – Two of the largest U.S. public pension funds have voted against the re-election of Toyota Motor Corp Chairman Akio Toyoda, shareholder voting records showed, sharpening the focus on the automaker’s annual meeting later this month. The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and the Office of the New York City Comptroller also voted for a resolution urging Toyota to improve disclosure […]
By Siddharth Cavale BENTONVILLE, Arkansas (Reuters) – Walmart still expects to double the amount of gross merchandise volume it sells in foreign markets to $200 billion in five years, a top executive at the retailer said on Friday, even as the global economy remains on shaky ground. Gross merchandise volume (GMV) measures the total value of all goods sold through a platform or marketplace, which in Walmart’s case includes its […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – The United States on Friday blocked former Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe from entering the United States over what Secretary of State Antony Blinken said was his “involvement in significant corruption.” “This action renders Lamothe generally ineligible for entry into the United States,” the State Department said. In its statement, the State Department accused Lamothe of misappropriating “at least $60 million from the Haitian government’s PetroCaribe investment […]
By Kylie Madry and Adriana Barrera MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -U.S. aviation regulators finished a review of Mexico’s airspace safety but have not yet announced a final decision, Mexico’s transportation ministry said on Friday, more than two years after the country was stripped of its top air rating. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) still has several weeks to finalize a decision about whether Mexico will recover the rating, the […]
