The U.S. inflation rate increased at a 3.2 per cent annual pace last month, lower than September's level of 3.7 per cent and lower than economists were expecting. Prices didn't budge at all in October Inflation in the United States slowed last month in a sign that the Federal Reserve's …
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Paul Pelosi recounts San Francisco home invasion, hammer attack at trial
Paul Pelosi recounted publicly for the first time Monday what happened the night he was attacked by a man in the San Francisco home he shares with former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, recalling how shocking it was to see a man standing at his bedroom door, then how the …
Read More »Donald Trump Jr. praises father’s ‘incredible vision’ as civil fraud trial shifts to defence
Donald Trump Jr. returned to court Monday as something of a character witness for his father's real estate empire, waxing exuberantly about the former president's "incredible vision" as a developer and his company's portfolio of "great, iconic projects" at the New York civil fraud trial now threatening its future. Former …
Read More »Authorities investigate letters containing fentanyl, other substances sent to U.S. election offices
Authorities were hunting Thursday for whoever sent suspicious letters — including some containing fentanyl — to elections offices in at least five states this week, delaying the counting of ballots in some local races in the latest instance of threats faced by election workers around the U.S. Suspicious envelopes sent …
Read More »Sen. Joe Manchin won’t seek re-election in 2024, adding to Democrats’ challenges
Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, a maverick who has often bucked party leadership in the past two years, said on Thursday that he will not seek re-election in 2024, greatly hurting his party's chances of holding the West Virginia seat. 76-year-old West Virginian often bucks party leadership Democratic U.S. Senator …
Read More »A generation gap in attitudes could be undermining support for Israel in the West
For many years now, Israelis have been told that the biggest threat to the survival of the Jewish state is the Islamic Republic of Iran's quest to obtain nuclear weapons. But another long-term trend could be eroding the foundations of Israel’s security: a generational decline in western voters’ support and …
Read More »Republican presidential candidate proposes border wall with Canada
A wall with Canada? The idea came up during a Republican presidential debate, from a candidate insisting his party's border policies aren't tough enough. 'Build both walls,' Vivek Ramaswamy says, citing fentanyl trafficking A wall with Canada? The idea came up during a Republican presidential debate, from a candidate insisting …
Read More »Ivanka Trump denies involvement in father’s financial statements
Ivanka Trump testified Wednesday that she had no role in her father's personal financial statements, echoing her adult brothers about documents central to the civil fraud trial that could reshape Donald Trump's family business. Donald Trump's eldest daughter no longer a defendant in lawsuit Ivanka Trump testified Wednesday that she …
Read More »Bye-bye, pandas: Amid curdling U.S.-China relations, zoo loses beloved beasts after 51 years
For decades, they were cuddly emblems of global co-operation. Now, they're a bamboo-munching testament to a more turbulent world. Beloved giant pandas that came to define the zoo in the U.S. capital are gone. All three remaining ones were carted off Wednesday to the airport for a long flight to …
Read More »Refugees from Sudan’s Darfur region report ethnically driven killings by paramilitary group
People fleeing Sudan's West Darfur region to neighbouring Chad have reported a new surge in ethnically-driven killings, as the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces took over the main army base in the state capital, El Geneina. UN warns 'world is scandalously silent' as humanitarian crisis worsens People fleeing Sudan's West Darfur …
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