Chinese police query Bain’s Shanghai office staff – company spokesperson

(Reuters) -Chinese police have visited U.S. management consultancy Bain & Company’s office in Shanghai and questioned staff there, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday without elaborating. “We are cooperating as appropriate with the Chinese authorities,” the spokesperson told Reuters by email. “At this time, we have no further comment.” The U.S. embassy in China and…

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Explainer-Biden 2024: His record so far on the economy, immigration, civil rights

By Jeff Mason, Trevor Hunnicutt and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Incumbent President Joe Biden entered the 2024 election race on Tuesday with something he didn’t have two-and-a-half years ago: a record in the White House. He plans to run on it, highlighting his successes as an argument for another term, while opposition Republicans likely…

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US Supreme Court mulls legality of a state’s property tax ‘windfall’

By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday appeared sympathetic toward a 94-year-old woman in her battle with a Minnesota county government that sold her condominium to cover her unpaid taxes and kept the proceeds beyond the sum she owed in a case testing constitutional checks on excessive fines…

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Exclusive-Peter Thiel, Republican megadonor, won’t fund candidates in 2024 – sources

By Anna Tong, Alexandra Ulmer and Jeffrey Dastin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Tech billionaire and Republican megadonor Peter Thiel, an early backer of former President Donald Trump who later broke with him, has told associates he is not planning to donate to any political candidates in 2024, according to two people close to the businessman….

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Biden administration says Republican debt plan would hurt rural communities

By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration said on Wednesday the plan from U.S. Republican lawmakers to cut federal spending for a decade in exchange for raising the debt ceiling would cost rural communities thousands of jobs and billions of dollars. The House of Representatives could vote as soon as Wednesday on the…

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Kabul airport attack ‘mastermind’ killed by Taliban – U.S. officials

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Taliban have killed an Islamic State militant who was the “mastermind” behind a suicide attack at Kabul’s international airport in 2021 that killed 13 U.S. troops and scores of civilians during the United States’ chaotic evacuation from the country, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. The bombing occurred on Aug. 26, 2021,…

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US confirms second American death in Sudan, seeks extended ceasefire

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A second American has died in Sudan, the White House said on Wednesday, and U.S. authorities are helping a small number of citizens seeking to leave the country during a ceasefire that has curbed fighting. While sporadic violence continues, the ceasefire announced by the United States on Monday appears to be holding, White…

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Kremlin warns of more asset seizures after move against Fortum and Uniper

By Alexander Marrow, Gleb Stolyarov and Anne Kauranen (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Wednesday it could seize more Western assets in retaliation for foreign moves against Russian companies, after taking temporary control of assets belonging to two European state-owned utilities. President Vladimir Putin late on Tuesday signed a decree placing the Russian assets of Finland’s…

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