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Musk’s X receives Pennsylvania money license in push toward payment features
By Sheila Dang and Pete Schroeder (Reuters) - Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, took a step closer to offering payment features after receiving a money-transmitter licens...
Dec 14, 2023
Germany lifts spending freeze after budget deal clinched, document shows
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's finance ministry has lifted a freeze on new spending that was imposed more than three weeks ago, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Thursday. The move comes a day af...
Dec 14, 2023
Students across Illinois spend Thursday morning with Peoria Rivermen for Education Day
PEORIA, Ill. – Carver Arena became a classroom for kindergarten through high school students across Illinois on Thursday morning. The Peoria Rivermen hosted its 4th Education Day game in a battl...
Dec 14, 2023
Ex-FBI official to be sentenced to over four years for work for Russia’s Deripaska
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge said on Thursday she would sentence former FBI official Charles McGonigal to over four years in prison for working for Oleg Deripaska, a Russian oligarch under U.S. s...
Dec 14, 2023
White House asks employees to travel by train, EVs when possible
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. federal employees should rent electric vehicles and opt for rail trips when feasible on government travel to sharply reduce emissions, the White House s...
Dec 14, 2023
Brazil Congress overturns Lula veto on limit to Indigenous land claims
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's Congress on Thursday overturned a presidential veto that had struck down the core of a bill to limit Indigenous land claims. Indigenous groups had supported President Luiz...
Dec 14, 2023
US Senate to delay holiday break as border, Ukraine aid talks continue
By Makini Brice and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate is expected to delay the start of its holiday break as bipartisan talks on border security and providing more aid to Ukraine and Is...
Dec 14, 2023
US Supreme Court declines to block Illinois assault rifle ban
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday again declined to block a Democratic-backed state ban in Illinois on assault-style rifles and large capacity magazines enacted after a dea...
Dec 14, 2023
Bank of Mexico holds key interest rate at 11.25% for sixth straight time
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -The Bank of Mexico held its benchmark interest rate at 11.25% for a sixth consecutive monetary policy meeting on Thursday, as expected, saying progress on bringing inflation dow...
Dec 14, 2023
US magistrate judge tentatively rules Musk must testify again for SEC
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. Magistrate Judge in San Francisco on Thursday tentatively ruled that Elon Musk must testify again in the Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation of his $44 billi...
Dec 14, 2023
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