DeSantis rakes in $20m after wobbly start to 2024 White House run

By James Oliphant and Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis raised $20 million in the second quarter of the year, his campaign said on Thursday, a sign that the Florida governor’s challenge to former President Donald Trump remains viable despite recent struggles. By comparison, Trump’s main fundraising committee took in about…

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Venezuela to regulate private shipments of food and medicine, sources say

By Mayela Armas and Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela is planning to introduce new regulations on courier shipments of food, medicine and other products in an effort to raise more taxes, one government and two private sector sources said on Thursday. So-called “door-to-door” courier services are used by some retailers to bring in goods…

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Biden to crack down on short-term health insurance plans -Politico

(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday is expected to propose a new regulation cracking down on short-term health insurance plans, Politico reported, citing five Democrats with knowledge of the matter. Biden is due to deliver an announcement on healthcare cost savings on Friday. A White House official told Politico on Thursday that Biden…

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US Senate panel to vote on key Biden telecom board nominee

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee plans to vote next week on President Joe Biden’s nominee for a key fifth seat on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Democrats have been stymied since 2021 from gaining a majority on the five-member telecommunications regulator. Anna Gomez, a Democratic telecommunications attorney, currently serves…

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US, Canadian authorities warn about rising Truebot malware use to target organizations

OTTAWA (Reuters) – U.S. and Canadian authorities issued a joint advisory on Thursday warning about a widespread increase in the use of a type of malware called Truebot to target organizations in the two countries. “Cyber threat actors are using new variants of Truebot malware to exfiltrate large amounts of sensitive information for financial gain,”…

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Greece’s re-elected PM outlines government goals up to 2027

By Renee Maltezou and Lefteris Papadimas ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece’s re-elected Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday pledged his conservative government would “fix the sins of the past” and over the next four years cut taxes, boost wages and pensions, and repay bailout debts earlier than expected. Mitsotakis, 55, won 158 sets in the 300-seat parliament…

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Lukashenko: I have veto over use of Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus

By Guy Faulconbridge MINSK (Reuters) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday that he would have a veto over any use of the tactical nuclear weapons that Russia is stationing on his territory, and goaded the West’s spies for missing the transport of the warheads. President Vladimir Putin, who rules the world’s biggest nuclear…

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Swedish NATO membership: No deal with Turkey, leaders meet next week

By Andrew Gray and Niklas Pollard BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Sweden failed on Thursday to convince Turkey to lift its block on Stockholm’s path to NATO membership, and the issue will now go to a meeting of the Turkish and Swedish leaders next week. Speaking after talks with the Turkish and Swedish foreign ministers at the security…

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