US Treasury SecretaryJanet Yellen on Saturday warned of dire consequences the country may be facing if it doesn't hike its statutory debt ceiling in the coming months.
Distraught relatives have thronged hospitals in Pakistan'sPeshawar to look for family a day after a suicide bombing ripped through a crowded mosque in a heavily fortified area of the city, killing more than 90 people, mostly policemen ... No group has claimed responsibility ... Ambulances arrive at the blast site in northwest Pakistan's Peshawar ... .
US PresidentJoe Biden has ruled out sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, despite renewed calls from Ukrainian officials for air support. Asked by a reporter on Monday if the US would be providing the planes, Mr Biden replied simply “no” ... The US announced last week ...
MONTARA, Calif. — . The driver of a car that plunged 250 feet off a cliff along Highway 1 in Northern California, injuring his two young children and his wife, has been released from the hospital and jailed on suspicion of attempted murder and child abuse ... 2 ... California They were the ‘idyllic’ family ... However, Dist. Atty ... California ... Follow Us .
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Former PresidentDonald Trump in 2018 had an infamous press conference with Russian PresidentVladimir Putin in the Finnish capital of Helsinki in which he signaled that believed Putin's denials about having interfered in the 2016 election despite assessments to the contrary from American intelligence agencies ... IN OTHER NEWS ... .
Lima, (UrduPoint / PakistanPointNews - 31st Jan, 2023 ) .Peru's Congress on Monday began debating for the second time in days a bill to bring forward elections in a bid to end weeks of protests that have left dozens dead ... Dozens of roadblocks have been set up by protesters, causing a shortage of food and fuel in some southern areas ... ....
Israel was preparing to demolish the east Jerusalem family home of a Palestinian man who killed seven people near a synagogue, as part of measures to punish the relatives of attackers ... US Secretary of StateAntonyBlinken was due in Jerusalem today to discuss steps for de-escalation, while PopeFrancis yesterday deplored the "death spiral" ... .
Banks in both countries have been cut off from SWIFT, the critical payments messaging system ... It also plans to work with Iran to develop a gold-backed cryptocurrency to challenge the US dollar ... Iranian banks were first ousted from SWIFT in 2018, when the US reimposed sanctions on Iran after it exited the landmark nuclear agreement ... ....
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- The possibility of providing Kyiv with fighter jets to help beat back Russia's invasion forces risks the unity of Ukraine's Western allies, amid fears of escalating the nearly year-long conflict and being drawn deeper into the war ... The war has been largely deadlocked on the battlefield during the winter ... ___ ... Call 505-823-4400 .
Talk of a second mobilization wave in Russia has been on everyone’s lips in recent weeks ...Despite the December rumors about a second mobilization, our sources told us that they were yet to see any sign that this was around the corner ... From what we are hearing, it appears to us that a new mobilization wave is unlikely in the near future ... ....
An alleged conspiracy theorist and doomsday prepper in Austria has been charged with resisting state authority after he was found living with his six young children in a wine cellar ... The children had not been neglected or harmed, police said ... “And all because the deputy mayor doesn't like our chosen lifestyle and wants us out.