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Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court will hear a plea filed by Mahinda Rajapaksa on December 12 and 13. In a political crisis that shows no sign of abating, Sri Lanka is virtually without a functioning government. Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda…
If Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman were in front of a jury, “he’d be convicted [for murder] in 30 minutes.” That’s what Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), the outgoing chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told reporters after attending…
Thousands of Marriott workers are going back to work Wednesday after ending the largest hotel strike in US history. About 2,500 striking hotel workers in San Francisco ratified a new contract with the hotel chain on Monday after months of…
For House Republicans, 2018 was the year of the men. Come January, the number of women Republicans serving in the House will drop from 23 to just 13, the result of a Democratic wave election, some retirements, and several women…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank some 790 points, or about 3 percent, on Tuesday amid a large sell-off in stocks across the board. Few industries were spared. Transportation stocks like UPS and FedEx tumbled amid skepticism and confusion about the truce between the…
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Russian Finance Ministry said Tuesday it had closed the sale of 1 billion euros ($1.1bln) of Eurobonds that will mature in 2025. “These results show that foreign investors have maintained interest in Russia’s sovereign credit risk and…
