An international financial monitor warned world leaders Tuesday that wider use by retail shoppers of cryptocurrencies like Libra, unveiled last week by Facebook, would need “close scrutiny” by regulators. The chief of the Financial Stability Board made the statement in a letter to the heads of state and government who will gather at the Group […]
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Michigan could sense the momentum slipping away. Jimmy Kerr got it back. Kerr homered for the third time in the College World Series, this time after Vanderbilt pulled within one in the sixth inning, and the Wolverines beat the Commodores 7-4 in Game 1 of the best-of-three finals Monday night. “We needed that blast right
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WASHINGTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts on Tuesday released a far-reaching plan that would create new standards for how federal elections are carried out across the country, part of an effort to protect voting rights and make it easier for Americans to vote. Ms. Warren unveiled her plan hours before holding a campaign event
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U.S. consumer confidence dropped to the lowest level since September 2017 as heightened trade tensions apparently took a toll on Americans’ spirits. The Conference Board, a business research group, says its consumer confidence index fell to 121.5 in June from a revised 131.3 in June after rising in April and May. The June reading was
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PATERNOSTER, South Africa — Reaching Wolfgat, a restaurant in a small seaside cottage seating only 20 in this fishing village, takes a good two hours plus by car to reach from Cape Town, about 100 miles away. The payoff is a singularly memorable multicourse dinner that tastes more of the sea than anything else and
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Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova says she will decide later this week if she’s ready to play at the All England Club. The 29-year-old Czech player injured her left forearm during training in Paris ahead of the French Open and has not played since. The injury prevented her from defending her title at the Birmingham
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This means that the day after Senator Sanders “hits the reset button,” as he put it in the news conference, the national student debt odometer would begin rapidly spinning again. Will those later debts be forgiven, too? If not, the plan would create a generation of student loan lottery winners, with losers on either side.
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The U.S. government has removed most children from a remote Border Patrol station in Texas near the border with Mexico following reports that more than 300 children were detained there and caring for each other with inadequate food, water and sanitation. Only about 30 children remained at the station outside El Paso on Monday, Rep.
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Image copyright Getty Images The young actress who played Tony Stark’s daughter in Avengers: Endgame has urged fans “please don’t bully my family or me”. In a video posted on her Instagram account, which is run by her parents, Lexi Rabe says she can act “silly” and “messed up” in public. The video’s caption references
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption The company employs about 3,600 people in Northern Ireland. Japanese firm Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has agreed to buy Bombardier’s CRJ aircraft programme for $550m (£432m). In May, Bombardier put its entire Northern Ireland operation up for sale. Bombardier employs about 3,600 people across several locations in NI. The Belfast operation
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