Moves

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Treasury Department has made clear that gold-related transactions involving Russia may be sanctioned, and is closely monitoring any efforts to circumvent U.S. sanctions through the use …

By Fergal Smith TORONTO – The Canadian dollar will gain ground over the coming year as high commodity prices bolster Canada’s economic outlook and the Bank of Canada likely continues …

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated three women to serve as appellate judges including Florence Pan, who would succeed U.S. Supreme Court-designate Ketanji Brown Jackson on …

Oklahoma Moves To Ban Most Abortions For The Second Time In Five Weeks Laurel Duggan on May 20, 2022 Oklahoma legislators passed a bill banning abortion after conception Thursday, and …

By Nate Raymond and Rami Ayyub (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated seven new members to the hobbled U.S. Sentencing Commission, restoring hope among criminal justice reform advocates …

FRANKFURT -The European Central Bank is preparing for a sequence of rate hikes that will put its benchmark rate in positive territory, but the path it takes is more important …

FRANKFURT -The European Central Bank’s first rate hike in over a decade is no big issue for the ECB and the question is rather how fast it should raise borrowing …

SOMERSET COUNTY, PA – The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office is moving to revoke the bail of Somerset District Attorney Jeffrey Thomas in light of new charges in two separate incidents, …

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued a long-awaited proposal to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, in a major victory for anti-smoking advocates but one …

DeSantis Hits Back Against Disney, Moves To Revoke Special Privileges Laurel Duggan on April 20, 2022 Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday that lawmakers would move to consider terminating …

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Tesla Inc has asked a California judge to pause a state agency’s lawsuit that accuses the electric car maker of widespread race discrimination at its …

By Leika Kihara TOKYO -A senior Bank of Japan (BOJ) official on Monday warned that excessive volatility in yen moves could hurt growth, after the currency’s slide below the key …

Oklahoma Moves To Ban Nearly All Abortions Laurel Duggan on April 6, 2022 The Oklahoma legislature passed a bill Tuesday that would ban abortions statewide in nearly every case. The …

By Francois Murphy VIENNA – Iran has moved all its machines that make centrifuge parts from its mothballed workshop at Karaj to its sprawling Natanz site just six weeks after …

By Mark Trevelyan LONDON – Russia has reframed its war goals in Ukraine in a way that may make it easier for President Vladimir Putin to claim a face-saving victory …

Russia Moves To Declare Facebook Parent Company An ‘Extremist Organization,’ Ban Instagram Ailan Evans on March 11, 2022 Russian prosecutors asked a court to classify Facebook parent company Meta as …

FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank should hold off on removing any more stimulus for now as the war in Ukraine raises uncertainty and the bank still needs evidence that …

VILNIUS – Western partners are moving closer to halting Russia’s access to the SWIFT global interbank payments system, Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte said on Saturday. “Our goal is that …

– Ride-hailing app provider Lyft Inc said on Thursday it is offering its employees in Ukraine financial support for emergency supplies or to temporarily move, along with increased time off, …

By Mark Trevelyan – President Vladimir Putin has shifted the Ukraine crisis into a new, more dangerous phase with a barrage of words and actions that suggest his ultimate aims …

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON – Technology industry executive Barry McCarthy is an avid user of a Peloton bike and now the stakes for his workouts are rising as he becomes …

By Julien Pretot and Krystal Hu BEIJING -China’s Eileen Gu got her maiden Olympics off to a dream start as the U.S. born teenager landed a tricky jump to become …

Trenton – The Senate today passed legislation sponsored by Senator Patrick Diegnan, Jr. that would revise current law prohibiting cruel tethering and confinement of dogs and establish procedures for seizure, care …

COVID-19 isn’t supposed to happen to the liberal elite. It’s only for unvaccinated Republicans who deny science and don’t follow the law of Dr. Anthony Fauci and the Centers for …

New Zealand’s government proposed legislation that may eventually outlaw smoking for the country’s next generation, CNN reported. Should the proposed legislation become law, the legal age for buying tobacco, which is …