• 03/17/2025

Stocks Fall as Investors Watch Debt Ceiling Talks

Wall Street Journal Stocks slipped as Wall Street followed last-minute talks to stave off a U.S. default that investors fear would disrupt repayment of Treasury debt and upend financial markets. https://www.wsj.com/articles/global-stocks-markets-dow-news-05-23-2023-f60936aa

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US court schedules sentencing of Russian national Vladislav Klyushin for July 19

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Klyushin’s defense insisted most recently that the court in Boston doesn’t have jurisdiction over the case because the crime he’s accused of had been committed in another court district https://tass.com/society/1622009

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UN calls for refraining from escalation following developments in Belgorod Region

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. A Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group infiltrated the Belgorod Region’s Grayvoronsky District on May 22 https://tass.com/world/1622007

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Era of unilateralism over, Iran-Indonesia ties to benefit Muslim world: Raeisi

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Iranian President Raeisi says the expansion of relations between Iran and Indonesia is to the benefit of the Islamic world and all Muslims. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2023/05/23/703982/Iranian-President-Ebrahim-Raeisi-unilateralism-Indonesia-Islamic-world-Muslims

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Roman Catholic priest killed in Mexico; 9th under current administration

Fox News A Roman Catholic priest has been killed in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, the ninth killed during the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The church’s Catholic Multimedia Center identified the priest as Rev. Javier García Villafaña, who had been assigned to the Capacho parish in Huandacareo just one month earlier.…

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Court acquits German coronavirus denier of incitement over antisemitic remarks

Fox News A prominent critic of Germany’s pandemic restrictions who repeatedly spread false information about the coronavirus has been acquitted of incitement to hatred for comments about Jews and Israel. A regional court in the northern town of Ploen ruled Tuesday that Thai-German microbiologist Sucharit Bhakdi didn’t break the law when he described Israel as…

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Dodik comments on why Bosnia and Herzegovina did not join anti-Russian sanctions

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Earlier, Dodik declared that Republika Srpska would not impose anti-Russian sanctions and instead develop ties with Russia, China and the United States https://tass.com/world/1622005

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Finland says notified by Russia about termination of agreement on military inspections

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The agreement supplemented the Vienna Document adopted by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in 2011 https://tass.com/world/1622003

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Musical Soundalikes (Wednesday Crossword, May 24)

Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/musical-soundalikes-wednesday-crossword-may-24-1d131f9f

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Russian, Azerbaijani reporters discuss cooperation at TASS roundtable meeting

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who arrived at TASS to talk to the news media professionals, said such engagement between Russia and Azerbaijan was of special importance https://tass.com/society/1622001

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