BRUSSELS, May 20 (Reuters) – The European Commission found the treatment of the Gaza flotilla activists shown in a video released by Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is “completely unacceptable”, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. “Every detained person must be treated with safety, dignity and according to international law,” spokesperson Anouar El Anouni said …
Key Takeaways The Fed signaled it may have to raise, not lower, rates if inflation continues. The central bank is now more divided on the future course of monetary policy. Minutes of the Federal Reserve’s meeting on interest rates in late April reflect a central bank that is split on the issue of inflation, but …
President Trump spoke with reporters Wednesday about a number of different subjects, including the indictment of former Cuban leader Raúl Castro, the war in Iran and more.
Washington — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered White House staff and President Trump’s top advisers to comply with a law that requires certain presidential records to be preserved. In a 54-page decision, U.S. District Judge John Bates granted a preliminary injunction that requires most White House employees to preserve presidential and vice presidential records covered …
A $100,000 CD account could be worth considering now with interest rates high and on hold. PLCNSK/Getty Images If you have a large, six-figure amount of money that you’re unsure what to do with, it may be tempting to simply invest it in stocks or bonds. After all, historically, returns on stocks have been shown …
Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday that it would limit the number of A grades awarded to undergraduates, adopting one of the most ambitious efforts by a major university to curb grade inflation. The decision was made by faculty vote earlier this month. The move comes after top grades became so common that …
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — US Rep. Barry Moore and former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson advanced to a runoff on Wednesday for the Republican nomination for the open U.S. Senate seat in Alabama. Moore is a three-term congressman endorsed by President Donald Trump and Hudson is a political newcomer. Moore said the state deserves a “Trump …
CANNES, France, May 20 (Reuters) – Oscar-winning Spanish director Pedro Almodovar urged artists to speak out about the crises facing society on Wednesday, describing it as their moral duty against “monsters” like U.S. President Donald Trump. “The creator, from their small platform, each from their own, must speak without mincing words,” said Almodovar at the …
May 20 (Reuters) – Harvard University faculty have imposed a limit on the number of “A” grades that can be given to undergraduate students in an effort to end a growing trend of grade inflation at the elite U.S. university. In hundreds of votes cast over the past week, more than two-thirds of the voting …
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Neptune’s far-flung moon Nereid may be the last of the planet’s original companions that managed to survive a cosmic crash, scientists reported Wednesday. Sixteen known moons circle Neptune, our solar system’s eighth and most distant planet. Neptune’s biggest moon, Triton, barged in from the solar system’s frigid outskirts billions of …