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International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva (L) and US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen meet at the Treasury Department in Washington, DC, on July 1, 2021. Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says Russia’s war against Ukraine has weakened its economy and slowed the nation’s growth prospects for the
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Michigan Republican secretary of state candidate Kristina Karamo addresses the crowd during a rally at the Macomb Community College Sports & Expo Center in Warren, Mich., Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Todd McInturf | Detroit News | AP More than two dozen corporate leaders and businesses are quietly donating to the campaigns of at least four
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U.S. President Joe Biden salutes as he arrives at Joint Base Charleston in South Carolina, August 10, 2022. Joshua Roberts | Reuters WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden released his first national security strategy plan on Wednesday, outlining how the United States would “effectively compete” with China in the coming years, “while constraining a dangerous Russia.”
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People gather in protest against the death of Mahsa Amini along the streets on September 19, 2022 in Tehran, Iran. Anti-government uprisings are to remain a sticking point and increase in frequency in Iran’s political landscape as dissatisfaction with other factors like the country’s economic conditions surface, according to analysts. Getty Images | Getty Images
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Source: FBI Prosecutors on Tuesday asked a California federal judge to jail without bail a recent fugitive accused of a brazen $35 million fraud that involved him falsely telling investors he was a billionaire, a Harvard MBA and a special forces veteran who was wounded twice in Iraq. An FBI SWAT team caught the fugitive,
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According to UAE state media WAM, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (pictured) and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will be discussing the countries’ “friendly relations,” alongside “regional and international issues and developments of common interest.” Christophe Petit Tesson | Afp | Getty Images The president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin
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“The morning is difficult. We are dealing with terrorists. Dozens of missiles, Iranian ‘Shahids’,” Zelenskyy wrote on his Telegram official account, referencing the Iranian-made Shahid drones increasingly used by Russian forces. Ukrinform | Future Publishing | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address an emergency meeting of G-7 leaders on Tuesday after Russian
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Belarusian human rights activis Ales Bialiatski speaks after he and the Belarusian human rights organization Vjasna were awarded the 2020 Right Livelihood Award in Stockholm on December 3, 2020. Anders Wiklund | Afp | Getty Images Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski, Russian human rights organization Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organization Center for
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump throws caps as he attends a rally in Warren, Michigan, U.S., October 1, 2022. Dieu-nalio Chery | Reutersm The Department of Justice suspects that ex-President Donald Trump might still have classified documents that he removed from the White House when he left office in January 2021, people familiar with the
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Iranians protest to demand justice and highlight the death of Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by morality police and subsequently died in hospital in Tehran under suspicious circumstances. Mike Kemp | In Pictures via Getty Images The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday levied fresh sanctions against Iranian leaders over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini
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Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards Source: FBI A fugitive charged with an audacious $35 million fraud — in which he allegedly told investors he was a hedge fund billionaire, a Harvard MBA and a special forces veteran who had been twice wounded in Iraq — was arrested by an FBI SWAT team in California after
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