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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has signaled that more rate cuts are in the pipeline, though their size and speed would ...

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Amanda Abbington and Giovanni Pernice were paired on Strictly Come Dancing in 2023, and Abbington subsequently complained ...

Senators Rick Scott of Florida and Ted Cruz of Texas are both running for re-election. Both narrowly won in 2018. Democrats ...

The mother of a prominent Egyptian rights activist has said that she has started a hunger strike to pressure authorities to ...