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Durham report. AP Photo/Jon Elswick Special counsel John Durham this week issued his final report after a four-year review of the FBI’s decision to investigate the 2016 Trump campaign’s possible ties to Russia, concluding that the agency’s basis for launching the inquiry was “seriously flawed.” Durham said the FBI relied on “raw, unanalyzed and uncorroborated … Read more
GENEVA (AP) — Nearly 12,000 extreme weather, climate and water-related events over much of the past half-century around the globe have killed more than 2 million people and caused economic damage of $4.3 trillion, the U.N. weather agency said Monday. The stark recap from the World Meteorological Organization came as it opened its four-yearly congress … Read more
Text size Micron competes in the memory-chip market with Samsung and SK Hynix. Courtesy of Micron Micron Technology shares fell on Monday following news it faces a ban on selling chips to some Chinese companies. It’s could be seen as one of the biggest retaliations so far by China against U.S. efforts to restrict exports … Read more
(Bloomberg) — China has said it will not attend next week’s G-20 tourism group meeting scheduled to take place in India’s Himalayan state of Jammu and Kashmir. Most Read from Bloomberg “China firmly opposes holding any form of G20 meetings on disputed territory. We will not attend such meetings,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin … Read more
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) – Meta was hit with a record 1.2 billion euro ($1.3 billion) fine by its lead privacy regulator in the European Union for its handling of user information and given five months to stop transferring users’ data to the United States. The fine imposed by Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) … Read more
33 min ago Stocks to Watch Monday: Micron, Meta, JPMorgan By Ben Dummett , Reporter Source link
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s president on Monday appointed a new official to take over the post of secretary of the country’s Supreme National Security Council, replacing the longtime powerful official Ali Shamkhani. The decree by President Ebrahim Raisi will see Shamkhani replaced after he had been linked to an alleged British-Iranian spy … Read more
A state appellate court has ruled that an 8-year-old’s videotaped statement about several allegations of sexual abuse by a former Plainfield music teacher can be used in his trial, though seven years later she can only recall one incident. The trial of Donnie Harrell, 58, of Bridgewater, was adjourned earlier this year pending Thursday’s appellate … Read more
Text size Beijing banned Chinese companies from buying chip from Micron Technology. Photograph by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg Stock futures traded flat Monday with time running out on the White House and House Republicans to reach an agreement to raise the U.S. debt ceiling. These stocks were poised to make moves Monday: Micron Technology (MU) declined 5.7% in … Read more
German police are investigating the possible poisoning of Putin critics The newspaper reported that two activists who had taken part in a conference organized by exiled Russian businessman and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky on April 29-30 later reported symptoms of poisoning. Read also: German police investigating leak of Zelenskyy’s Berlin itinerary German police confirmed they … Read more