Biden Nominates Ex-Mastercard CEO To Lead World Bank
Biden nominates ex-Mastercard CEO to lead World Bank
Biden nominates ex-Mastercard CEO to lead World Bank
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday nominated Indian-American business executive Ajay Banga to become president of the World Bank, lauding his experience forging public-private partnerships to address financial inclusion and climate change.
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Turkey's devastating earthquake will keep inflation above 40% in the run-up to elections scheduled for June and will necessitate an additional budget, a government official and four economists said.
Costa Rican Alex Madrigal, a trained economist, had his visa approved in May last year in just six hours, although that was just the beginning of the hurdles he faced in settling in Germany, despite the country's chronic skills shortage.
Minute of silence for slain teacher in southwest France
The Powerball jackpot has grown to $119 million after Wednesday's drawing for $100 million had no grand prize winners.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and New York's top financial regulator have opposed crypto exchange Binance.US's $1 billion deal to buy bankrupt crypto lender Voyager, the latest in a string of U.S.
U.S. Justice Department attorneys were expected to urge a federal appeals court on Thursday to let investigators search a Republican congressman's cellphone as part of Special Counsel Jack Smith's probe into efforts by then-President Donald Trump to overturn the result of the 2020 election.
U.S. stocks were set for a higher open on Thursday as a strong sales forecast from Nvidia boosted chipmakers, although a surprise fall in weekly jobless claims added to worries that the Federal Reserve will keep raising interest rates for longer.
U.S. President Joe Biden's administration unveiled on Thursday a long-awaited overhaul of arms export policy with increased emphasis on human rights, backing off a Trump-era policy of giving more weight to commercial concerns.
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday he saw progress in stalled talks with Turkey on Sweden's membership bid and aimed to have both Sweden and Finland join the alliance by the time of its July summit.
Italy's parliament on Thursday passed into law a government decree establishing a code of conduct for migrant charity ships, despite criticism from the United Nations and humanitarian groups that it will imperil lives.
President Bashar al-Assad ceded to calls for more aid access to Syria's northwest with prodding from the United Arab Emirates, sources say, a diplomatic win for the Gulf state which has rebuilt ties with Damascus despite U.S.
US, other govts urge calm for Nigeria election
Lebanese authorities charged longtime central bank governor Riad Salameh, his brother Raja and one of his assistants on Thursday with money laundering, embezzlement and illicit enrichment after months of delay in the high-profile case.
As the artificial intelligence boom takes off, Nvidia Corp is expected to emerge as the biggest - though not the only - winner among chipmakers after years of focusing on the technology has made it a go-to supplier for tech firms.
French court delays Chilean's appeal for murder of Japanese student
Turkey's central bank cut its main interest rate to 8.5% from 9% on Thursday, moving to cushion the economic impact of a devastating earthquake that killed more than 43,000 people in country's south on Feb 6.
The exhumed remains of Burkina Faso's beloved ex-president Thomas Sankara, whose 1987 murder shocked the West African nation, were laid to rest at a ceremony in the capital Ouagadougou on Thursday.
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Three people have been arrested in connection to the case, according to police.