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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
Read MoreUS 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
Read MoreUN 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
Read MoreEra 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
Read MoreRoman 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.…
Read MoreCourt 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…
Read MoreDodik 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
Read MoreFinland 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
Read MoreMusical Soundalikes (Wednesday Crossword, May 24)
Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/musical-soundalikes-wednesday-crossword-may-24-1d131f9f
Read MoreRussian, 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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