Iraq September 18, 2023 Our banks are starting to inform Washington even with Chinese yuan transfers. A former central official A former central bank official said on Sunday that Iraqi banks no longer deal with banned entities, whether countries or companies, and stopped their transfers in dollars, but ra… Read Full Article
Iraq September 18, 2023 Sudanese arrive in New York Shafaq News / Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani arrived in New York City in the United States on Monday. “The Sudani arrived in New York to participate in the meetings of the U… Read Full Article
US News September 18, 2023 Hunter Biden files lawsuit against IRS alleging privacy violations Hunter Biden filed suit against the IRS on Monday, claiming the agency is behind “unlawful disclosure of Mr. Biden’s confidential tax return information”… Read Full Article
US News September 18, 2023 New COVID variant BA.2.86 spotted in 10 states, though highly mutated strain remains rare People across at least 10 states have now been infected by BA.2.86, a highly mutated variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 that authorities have been closely tracking. Accor… Read Full Article
US News September 18, 2023 Iran releases 5 Americans in prisoner swap The swap included the transfer of $6 billion in unfrozen Iranian oil assets and the release of five Iranians facing charges in the U.S. Five U.S. citizens detained by Iran were freed Monday in a high-stakes, complex diplomatic deal brokered between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Biden administration that i… Read Full Article
US News September 17, 2023 These are the U.S. states with the highest property taxes—New York and California aren’t in the top 10 Property taxes can vary by nearly $8,000 for the same-priced home, depending on where you live in the U.S., a new study reveals. New Jersey’s effective tax rate is 2.23%, the highes… Read Full Article
US News September 17, 2023 Special counsel asks judge to limit Trump’s “inflammatory” statements targeting individuals, institutions in 2020 election case Washington — Special counsel Jack Smith has asked the federal judge overseeing the case against Donald Trump for his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election to limit what t… Read Full Article
US News September 17, 2023 GOP Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is acquitted of 16 impeachment charges following years of corruption allegations Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was acquitted Saturday of all charges at a historic impeachment trial that divided Republicans over whether to remove a powerful defender of fo… Read Full Article
US News September 17, 2023 CBS News Biden-Trump poll finds concerns about Biden finishing a second term, and voters’ finances also weigh on Biden The summer before an election year is not always kind to first-term Democrats. In August of 1995 Bob Dole led Bill Clinton. In the summer of 2011, the public’s “grim vi… Read Full Article
US News September 16, 2023 Trump criticizes UAW leadership amid strike, warns autoworkers’ jobs are moving to China Former President Donald Trump warned that U.S. autoworkers’ jobs will move to China and accused the United Auto Workers’ leadership of failing its members. “The autoworkers wil… Read Full Article
US News September 16, 2023 Trump lashes out at bid for partial gag order in election case: ‘They want to silence me’ Donald Trump on Friday attacked Jack Smith after the special counsel sought restrictions on what the former president can say about his federal election interference case. Smit… Read Full Article
US News September 16, 2023 Why officials aren’t calling this year’s new COVID shots “boosters” Earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic, as signs of waning immunity and changes in the virus prompted the rollout of additional doses of vaccine, health authorities took to urging Amer… Read Full Article
US News September 16, 2023 Special counsel Jack Smith argues Judge Tanya Chutkan shouldn’t recuse herself in Trump case Washington — Special counsel Jack Smith filed a blistering motion in response to former President Donald Trump’s request that the judge overseeing his federal 2020 e… Read Full Article
US News September 16, 2023 Judge temporarily halts trial in New York’s fraud lawsuit against Trump A last-minute legal challenge by former President Donald Trump’s lawyers could disrupt a trial scheduled for next month in the New York attorney general’s busines… Read Full Article
US News September 16, 2023 UAW strike sets the stage for the 4-day work week — and a win could take it mainstream The auto workers’ union is seeking a 32-hour workweek at 40 hours of pay Striking United Auto Workers want better wages, improved job security, retiree pay increases, and a 32-hour work week that could turbocharge broader acceptance of shorter wo… Read Full Article
Iraq September 16, 2023 Iraq is in the first quarter of the list of the most powerful and influential countries around the world Iraq is ranked 50th globally and fourth in the Arab world in the most influential countries in the world, according to CEOWORLD magazine, which specializes in statistics. The mag… Read Full Article
Iraq September 16, 2023 To control the money… Parliamentary Finance accuses America of putting pressure on the Central Bank On Saturday, a member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee, Moeen Al-Kadhimi, accused the United States of America of putting pressure on the Central Bank of Iraq by preventin… Read Full Article
Iraq September 16, 2023 Sudani and Fouad Hussein alongside world leaders in New York Shafaq News / World leaders will meet at the United Nations, next week, amid geopolitical tensions that Ukraine’s war has been largely fueled, amid rivaling Russia and China on on… Read Full Article
US News September 15, 2023 Judge Rejects Effort to Try Trump, 18 Others in October District Attorney Fani Willis had argued that all 19 defendants should face trial together in October. Former President Donald Trump won’t have his day in court in October a Georgia judge ruled Thursday, saying the high-profile defendant could sever his case from two co-def… Read Full Article
US News September 15, 2023 United Auto Workers go on strike against Ford, GM, Stellantis Detroit’s Big Three automakers failed to reach a new labor agreement before their contract with employees represented by the United Auto Workers expired at midnight Thu… Read Full Article
