Former SEC Chair Harvey Pitt dead at 78 - Bloomberg Law
(Reuters) -Harvey Pitt, former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, has died at the age of 78, Bloomberg
2023-05-31 23:45
Kosovo: Why is violence flaring up again?
There are fears of renewed hostilities between ethnic Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo
2023-05-31 23:26
Live: House Minority Leader Hakim Jeffries holds press conference ahead of debt ceiling vote
Watch live as Hakim Jeffries, minority leader of the House of Representatives, and other Democrats hold a news conference ahead of a vote on the US debt ceiling on Wednesday evening (31 May). The House is due to vote on a bill to lift the government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, a critical step to avoid a destabilising default that could come early next week without congressional action. Republicans control the House by a narrow 222-213 majority, meaning the bipartisan deal - agreed days ago - will need support from both Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s Republicans and Joe Biden’s Democrats to pass. Mr McCarthy has predicted that the vote will succeed. “It’s going to become law,” he told reporters. Meanwhile, Mr Biden took to Twitter to outline what failure to pass the bill could mean for America. “Our bipartisan budget agreement prevents the worst possible crisis: a default for the first time in our nation’s history – an economic recession, retirement accounts devastated, and millions of jobs lost,” he wrote. Read More Biden and McCarthy’s debt ceiling deal expected to go to full House vote today – live Australian Parliament takes step toward holding a referendum on Indigenous Voice this year Why Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment fight isn't finished yet
2023-05-31 23:25
CBS News hires Lisa Ling after CNN documentary series was canceled
CBS News says it is hiring veteran journalist Lisa Ling as a Los Angeles-based reporter starting later this summer
2023-05-31 23:23
At 83, Al Pacino is expecting a baby with 29-year-old Noor Alfallah
A representative for Al Pacino confirms that the 83-year-old actor and 29-year-old Noor Alfallah are expecting a baby
2023-05-31 23:21
Debt ceiling deal would require student loan payments to resume in August
If passed into law, the bipartisan debt ceiling deal will dash any hope borrowers might have that the federal student loan payment pause would be extended for a ninth time.
2023-05-31 23:19
China’s Close Plane Encounter Shows Need to Talk, Blinken Says
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said a Chinese pilot’s “dangerous action” in a close encounter with an
2023-05-31 23:18
Wall St falls ahead of debt ceiling vote; Fed hike worries persist
By Shreyashi Sanyal U.S. stock indexes fell on Wednesday as a deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling
2023-05-31 22:59
Factbox-Who is Chris Christie, Republican 2024 presidential hopeful?
By Joseph Ax Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who backed Donald Trump's successful 2016 presidential campaign but
2023-05-31 22:54
Priceless painting looted by Nazis during World War II returns to Poland from Japan
Authorities in Poland say that a priceless 16th century Italian painting that was looted by Nazi Germany during World War II has been found in Japan and returned
2023-05-31 22:54
EU tech chief calls for voluntary AI code of conduct within months
By Philip Blenkinsop LULEA, Sweden The United States and European Union should push the artificial intelligence (AI) industry
2023-05-31 22:52
FBI director scheduled to speak with congressional Republicans about Biden document dispute
FBI Director Christopher Wray is scheduled to speak Wednesday with House Oversight Chairman James Comer and Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley regarding a dispute over an internal law enforcement document that Republicans believe will shed light into an allegation that then-Vice President Joe Biden was involved in a criminal scheme with a foreign national.
2023-05-31 22:50