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Fed’s Powell, Economist Taylor, Yellen on Trump’s Federal Reserve List

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is considering nominating Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell and Stanford University economist John Taylor for the central bank’s top two jobs, in an apparent bid to reassure...

PH, Australia: NoKor weapons dev’t program illegal

Clark, PAMPANGA -- The Philippines and Australia have echoed the statements of other countries that have tagged North Korea's program on weapons development and testing as illegal and in violation of...

Japan: North Korea Nuclear Threat ‘Critical’

The nuclear threat from North Korea is critical and requires a joint response from the United States, Japan, and South Korea, Japan's defense minister said Monday. " threat posed by North Korea...

Facebook Tests Splitting Its News Feed Into Two

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook Inc said on Monday it was testing the idea of dividing its News F eed in two, separating commercial posts from personal news in a move that could...

UN Pledging Conference Seeks $434M for Rohingya Refugee Aid

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — The heads of leading United Nations aid agencies kicked off a special one-day pledging conference to raise $434 million to provide life-saving assistance for 1.2 million people, including all...

Demand for Hawking Thesis Shuts Down Cambridge University Website

When Britain's Cambridge University put physicist Stephen Hawking's 1966 thesis on line for the first time Monday, the university’s website collapsed. Professor Hawking’s "Properties of Expanding Universes" has been the most requested...

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