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Exclusive: Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank in talks to buy $1.1 bln stake in Indonesian lender, sources say
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Trump operation asks Republicans who use him for fundraising to share the haul: Donald Trump's campaign operation is requesting that Republican candidates and ...
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Trump operation asks Republicans who use him for fundraising to share the ...
Quick Glance: Trump campaign seeks share of candidates' donations
  • The Trump campaign asks Republican candidates using his name and image in fundraising appeals to give at least 5 percent of the proceeds to the campaign.

  • The purpose of the 5 percent request is to prevent 'scammers' from misusing Trump's brand and affecting his fundraising efforts.

  • Trump is struggling to catch up to Biden's fundraising and aims to boost his campaign account with the help of donors.

  • The campaign warns of consequences for vendors and requests compliance with guidelines to avoid suspension of business relationships.
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Millions of People May Get Student Debt Canceled After Company Moves Loans: Navient said this year it would move its private and commercial loans in the Federal ...
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Millions of People May Get Student Debt Canceled After Company Moves Loans
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The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday gave a clean chit to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Toshakhana vehicle reference ... Show more   www.dawn.com/news/1827983   #DawnToday   #NawazSharif   #NAB
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Despite criticism from the federal states: Lauterbach wants to press ahead with hospital reform
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Despite criticism from the federal states: Lauterbach wants to press ahead ...
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The Attorney-General's Chamber (AGC) and MACC must be held accountable over the AG’s decision to seek a discharge not amounting to an acquittal (DNAA) in Ahmad ... Show more   www.malaysiakini.com/news/702817
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Division of labor in relationships: "He feels alienated from me": Nina and Nico have two children and both work full time. He refuses to do the housework and she ...
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Division of labor in relationships:
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Defence spending gets $50 billion boost over next decade: The funding boost comes following last year's Defence Strategic Review, which argued Australia ...
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Defence spending gets $50 billion boost over next decade
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GraceKennedy extends brand ambassador partnership with Hansle Parchment: KINGSTON, Jamaica — GraceKennedy (GK) has extended its brand ambassador partnership with ...
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GraceKennedy extends brand ambassador partnership with Hansle Parchment
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Nkumba accident aftermath: Traffic police have deployed a crane truck to remove the wreckage of the cement mixer truck involved in the fatal accident with a ... Show more   #VisionUpdates
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Tax refunds expected to be bigger this year: WASHINGTON — Refunds are looking a bit bigger for taxpayers this year.
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Tax refunds expected to be bigger this year
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Top Trump surrogates and VP contenders hit airwaves in defense of former president on trial
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Top Trump surrogates and VP contenders hit airwaves in defense of former ...
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UPSC topper Aditya Srivastava reveals 2 key reasons why he didn’t go abroad: brain drain and ageing parents
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UPSC topper Aditya Srivastava reveals 2 key reasons why he didn’t go ...
Quick Glance: Pune students shine in UPSC results
  • UPSC aspirants from Pune have secured high ranks in the most coveted civil services examination conducted by the Union Public Services Commission.

  • Tejas Sudeep Sarda, a doctor, took a break from his career to prepare for UPSC, securing an AIR of 128.

  • Priyanka Mohite from Nashik, who completed her master's in political science at Pune University, secured an AIR of 595.

  • Abhijit Pakhare, a 26-year-old deputy collector in Gadchiroli, did not give up on his dream of clearing the UPSC exam, securing the 720th rank.
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Hub for EV charging, bikes and hire cars coming to Chaddesden: Officially called a mobility hub, the council says it will give better options for local travel
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Hub for EV charging, bikes and hire cars coming to Chaddesden
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#BREAKING : The NSW state government is providing $18 million in funding for an independent coronial inquest into the Westfield Bondi Junction tragedy on Saturday ... Show more   www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-junction-stabbing-update-chris-minns-announces-18-million-independent-coronial-inquest/c691bb10-0298-449f-bf18-ed80dc33e153   #9News
Quick Glance: Bondi Junction Shopping Centre Stabbing Victims
  • Faraz Tahir, 30, fatally stabbed while working as a security guard by Joel Cauchi, 40.

  • Five women and one man were killed, including Tahir, 30.

  • Victims identified include Faraz Tahir, Ashlee Good, Dawn Singleton, and Jade Young.

  • Three individuals remain critical, eight are stable, and one victim has been discharged.
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Basic allowance increases: many pensioners no longer liable to pay tax: Almost a quarter of a million pensioners will no longer have to pay tax this year ...
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Basic allowance increases: many pensioners no longer liable to pay tax
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Why homeless people are losing health coverage in Medicaid mix-ups : Nearly 130,000 Montanans lost Medicaid coverage during recent eligibility reviews ...
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Why homeless people are losing health coverage in Medicaid mix-ups
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Cops nab man who allegedly tied up, poured hot wax on wife: IPOH: Police have arrested a 42-year-old man who allegedly tied up his wife and poured hot wax on her ...
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Cops nab man who allegedly tied up, poured hot wax on wife
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Two civil servants among four arrested over eGumis withdrawal: SIBU: The police have arrested four individuals, including two civil servants ...
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Two civil servants among four arrested over eGumis withdrawal
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DNC paid Biden’s legal bills during Hur investigation: The Democratic National Committee (DNC) paid for President Biden’s legal fees surrounding the ...
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DNC paid Biden’s legal bills during Hur investigation
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Unveiling the dark reality behind women who kill for insurance payouts: We delve into the haunting realm of familial homicide, particularly focusing on the ...
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Unveiling the dark reality behind women who kill for insurance payouts
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The former managers of the defunct major bank Credit Suisse can keep their bonuses. The Federal Department of Finance (FDF) informed the Keystone-SDA news ... Show more
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Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in massive fraud case
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Quick Glance: Death Sentence for Real Estate Tycoon in Vietnam's Largest Fraud Case
  • Truong My Lan, a prominent businesswoman and real estate tycoon, was sentenced to death in Vietnam's largest financial fraud case, marking a shocking development in the country's escalating anti-corruption campaign.

  • Born in 1956, Lan founded the Van Thinh Phat company with her family in 1992, which grew to become one of Vietnam's richest real estate firms linked to some of Ho Chi Minh's most valuable properties.

  • She was accused of using the bank as her cash cow, illegally controlling it between 2012 and 2022, and using thousands of 'ghost companies' in Vietnam and abroad to give loans to herself and her allies.

  • Her arrest in October 2022 falls within a period of increased anti-corruption efforts in Vietnam ramping up since 2022, impacting the country's economic outlook and unsettling foreign investors.
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MUFG Said to Discuss Buying $1.7 Billion Stake in HDFC Unit: Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. is in talks to acquire a roughly $1.7 billion stake in HDFC Bank ...
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MUFG Said to Discuss Buying $1.7 Billion Stake in HDFC Unit
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FDNY skipper that collided, killed firefighter quietly retires with beefed-up, tax-free disability pension worth at least $110K annually
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FDNY skipper that collided, killed firefighter quietly retires with ...
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Interest in Pa.’s student teacher stipend program ‘shatters all expectations’ : The program that has proven wildly successful on the first day applications ...
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Interest in Pa.’s student teacher stipend program ‘shatters all ...
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Shohei Ohtani's interpreter Ippei Mizuhara out on bond after alleged $16 million theft from MLB star
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Quick Glance: Ippei Mizuhara Remains Free Despite Bank Fraud Charges on $25,000 Bond
  • Former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani from the Los Angeles Dodgers surrendered to authorities and later appeared before the U.S. District Court.

  • Ippei Mizuhara turned himself in on Friday and was subsequently released on an unsecured $25,000 bond, commonly referred to as a signature bond. This arrangement allowed Mizuhara to secure his release without needing to provide any cash or collateral.

  • United States Magistrate Judge Maria A. Audero also stipulated that Mizuhara must undergo treatment for his gambling addiction related to the sports betting scandal. Prosecutors alleged that he exploited his personal and professional connection with Ohtani to steal over $16 million from the player's bank account by occasionally posing as Ohtani to bankers to cover his gambling expenses.

  • On Friday, Mizuhara only responded to the judge's inquiries by answering 'yes' when Audero asked him if he comprehended various aspects of the case and his bond conditions.
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'Lose-lose situation': New Swiss bank laws could derail UBS' challenge to Wall Street giants
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'Lose-lose situation': New Swiss bank laws could derail UBS' challenge to ...
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Cities desperately need money to handle the migrant surge. Congress recently gave them less
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Cities desperately need money to handle the migrant surge ...
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Singapore has responded to UN pressure by cracking down on sales of weapons through its territory to Myanmar, delivering a serious blow to the embattled ... Show more   www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/12/singapore-tightens-screws-on-myanmar-generals-with-arms-trade-crackdown
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Sandy Springs planning a public safety training center: Last year, the city formed the Sandy Springs Police Foundation to help raise funding for a firearms ...
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Sandy Springs planning a public safety training center
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The parents of Yorkshire schoolgirl who died after being hit by a BMW while she waited at a bus stop have slammed the police's investigation into what happened ... Show more   www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/huddersfield-girl-katelyn-dawsons-parents-28979092
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Baltimore bridge collapse could wipe out emergency federal highway fund: Maryland may jump ahead of states that have waited a decade for emergency highway ...
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Baltimore bridge collapse could wipe out emergency federal highway fund
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Arizona's top court revives a 19th century abortion ban, further restricting reproductive rights; Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman and his business partner ... Show more
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Fitch's negative outlook for China is bad news for stalling economy: Beijing is battling deflation and an ongoing property-market crisis that the ratings agency ...
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Fitch's negative outlook for China is bad news for stalling economy
Quick Glance: Fitch downgrades China's sovereign credit outlook
  • Fitch Ratings has downgraded China’s sovereign credit outlook to negative, prompting pushback from Beijing.

  • The downgrade reflects “increasing risks to China’s public finance outlook” as the country attempts to move away from real estate-led growth.

  • Fitch said it expected the government deficit to rise to 7.1 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024, up from 5.8 percent last year.

  • China’s economy, the world’s second-largest, is grappling with slowing growth amid a host of headwinds, including a shrinking population, weak consumption, a prolonged real estate slump, and capital outflows.
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A former Executive Head of HR at Nedbank, who was dismissed after making racially discriminatory remarks by stating 'black people are lazier and more ... Show more
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Azizah killed in cross-over highway crash: A Freeport woman was killed in a cross-over collision along the Sir Solomon Hochoy highway on Monday afternoon.
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Azizah killed in cross-over highway crash
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Lay offs, funds cuts loom in secondary schools changes: With the anticipated decline in secondary school population, education stakeholders warn schools with ...
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Lay offs, funds cuts loom in secondary schools changes
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Crypto exchange Binance is looking for a home because it has reached 'regulatory maturity'
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Crypto exchange Binance is looking for a home because it has reached ...
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Vet among nine arrested over cattle thefts at state farm: According to reports, the thefts were discovered on March 29, 2024, when five cows were reported ...
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Vet among nine arrested over cattle thefts at state farm
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Yen feels the heat as US Treasury yields rise: The dollar was tentative on Tuesday as it failed to get a meaningful boost from a rise in U.S. Treasury yields ...
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Yen feels the heat as US Treasury yields rise
Quick Glance: Dollar Stagnates Despite Rising US Treasury Yields
  • The dollar displayed hesitation on Tuesday as it did not receive significant support from the increase in U.S. Treasury yields, maintaining pressure on the yen near multi-decade lows and keeping traders vigilant for potential interventions.

  • The greenback rose by 0.03% to 151.87 yen, near a 34-year high of 151.975 yen from the previous month, while Japanese officials intensified efforts to defend the currency.

  • Despite the uptick in U.S. Treasury yields, the dollar failed to garner substantial backing as traders reevaluate their outlook on the pace and extent of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts anticipated in the latter part of this year.

  • The robustness observed in commodity prices appears indicative of - one could almost label it as - a global reflation trade. In other developments, the Aussie declined by 0.01% to $0.6604, and the Chinese yuan was positioned at 7.2437 per dollar in the offshore market.
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Dow stocks tend to fall on total solar eclipse days: The Dow Jones Industrial Average tends to fall on or after total solar eclipse events that are viewable in ...
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Dow stocks tend to fall on total solar eclipse days
Quick Glance: Airplane Observes Solar Eclipse in Bloomington
  • An airplane flies near the total solar eclipse in Bloomington, Indiana.

  • People watch the partial solar eclipse on the observation deck of Edge at Hudson Yards in New York City.

  • Sophia Moccia, 4, from Queens views the eclipse with a homemade mask in New York City.

  • A solar eclipse is visible in Mazatlan, Mexico.
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The makers of NZ’s most popular shows talk about what’s going wrong with TV: What do those in charge of our biggest production companies think about the looming ...
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The makers of NZ’s most popular shows talk about what’s going wrong with ...
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Shumuk vs Baroda: Property row threatening 30-year relationship : Bank of Baroda and Shumuk have had a business relationship going as far as 1992. However ...
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Shumuk vs Baroda: Property row threatening 30-year relationship 
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During a road blockade: Greta Thunberg arrested in The Hague: Greta Thunberg was arrested at a demonstration in the Netherlands. The climate activist was taken ...
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During a road blockade: Greta Thunberg arrested in The Hague
Quick Glance: Greta Thunberg protests against fossil fuels in the Netherlands
  • The demonstration was specifically targeted against the subsidies for fossil fuels in the Netherlands.

  • Climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained twice by police at a demonstration in the Netherlands, after she and a group of marchers blocked a main road to protest against these subsidies.

  • Hundreds of protesters marched from The Hague’s city center to the nearby A12 arterial highway that connects the Dutch government's seat with other cities like Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Utrecht.

  • Organized by the Extinction Rebellion (XR) environmental group, the demonstration was part of efforts to pressure the Dutch government ahead of another planned debate on subsidies for fossil fuels in June.
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"Monster Jam" Hamburg: Monster truck show canceled due to high exhaust emissions: On Sunday, the "Monster Jam" show at the Barclays Arena in Hamburg had to be ...
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Dorchester man faces slew of charges from alleged room rental scheme: Police said Bruno Vieira Ferreira, 23, collected the money from at least six potential ...
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Dorchester man faces slew of charges from alleged room rental scheme
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How World Leaders Are Reacting to the Six-Month Anniversary of the Israel-Hamas War
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How World Leaders Are Reacting to the Six-Month Anniversary of the ...
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This defendant should be detained at the correctional centre after the arraignment. There have been Nigerians who had been convicted in the U ... Show more   www.premiumtimesng.com/news/684302-alleged-money-laundering-court-sends-binance-executive-to-abuja-prison.html
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Why secondary schools closed early for April holidays: Some schools closed as early as last week due to the financial woes.
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Why secondary schools closed early for April holidays
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Malaysia is awash with profitable start-ups, so why aren’t investors interested?: Like many entrepreneurial Southeast Asians, 35-year-old Malaysian businessman ...
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Malaysia is awash with profitable start-ups, so why aren’t investors ...
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"I ain't scared of nothing." New York and New Jersey residents are split over Friday's rare 4.8 earthquake. www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/05/earthquake-new-york-new-jersey-friday/73215948007/
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Investigation paper on Akmal will be submitted to AGC next week - IGP: IP expected to be completed in five days.
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Investigation paper on Akmal will be submitted to AGC next week - IGP
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Money blog: How to check your tax code after a warning millions of Britons are overpaying
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Money blog: How to check your tax code after a warning millions of Britons ...