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PoliticsTo be verifiedUpdated Jul 29, 19:49 UTC

Federal Reserve holds rates steady as three policymakers seek increase

#FederalReserve#KevinWarsh#USInflation#InterestRates#MiddleEast
  • The Federal Reserve kept its target interest-rate range at 3.50%-3.75% for a fifth consecutive meeting.
  • Beth Hammack, Neel Kashkari and Lorie Logan dissented, favoring a quarter-percentage-point increase.
  • The Fed said inflation remained elevated, while Chair Kevin Warsh described economic growth and employment conditions as solid.
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PoliticsTo be verifiedUpdated Jul 29, 17:57 UTC

France orders Xenia Fedorova to leave the country

#XeniaFedorova#France#RTFrance#FrenchInteriorMinistry#PublicOrder
  • French authorities ordered Xenia Fedorova to leave France, placed her under house arrest and required her to report daily to police, the interior ministry said.
  • The ministry alleged that Fedorova’s media activities spread disinformation, harmed state interests and posed a serious, current threat to public order.
  • Fedorova formerly headed RT France and now contributes to CNews, Europe 1 and Le Journal du Dimanche; her employer condemned the expulsion order.
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PoliticsTo be verifiedUpdated Jul 29, 11:16 UTC

Hospitals strained after deadly earthquake in southern Japan

#JapanEarthquake#Kumamoto#Uki#AeonMall#Yatsushiro
  • The magnitude 7.1 earthquake killed at least 13 people and caused extensive damage across southern Japan.
  • A Uki hospital lost electricity and stopped operating; another halted new admissions after treating 86 injured people.
  • Three of eight people rescued from the damaged Aeon mall later died, while four employees remained unaccounted for.
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