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Chinese trust company Zhongrong International has missed repayments on dozens of investment products since late July — pointing to deepening troubles in the world’s second-largest economy amid a real-estate crisis. Wang Qiang, the company’s chief compliance officer, told investors earlier this week that the company — a part of China’s shadow banking sector — had…
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday morning in a lawsuit alleging the Alabama map of congressional districts improperly dilutes the voting power of Black voters in the state. The high court ordered the hearing after Alabama appealed the ruling of a three-judge panel. That panel agreed with the plaintiffs…
Latest Developments The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) revised its child fatality figure from the Gaza war sharply downward, reporting more than 14,500 deaths on May 6 but then 7,797 on May 8. OCHA also revised downward its figure for women fatalities from more than 9,500 deaths to 4,959 deaths. The…
France’s public deficit hit 5.8% of GDP in 2024, totalling €168.6 billion, a figure well above the maximum allowed by EU rules. France’s Prime Minister François Bayrou has outlined plans to cut €43.8 billion from the national budget, warning that debt presents a “mortal danger” for the country. The cuts involve reducing the number of…
Advisers can encourage same-sex behaviors, but not discourage them A homosexual federal judge has endorsed a Colorado state LGBT agenda point signed into law by a gay governor that imposes viewpoint discrimination on Christian counselors, threatening them with so-called “unprofessional conduct” charges if they encourage clients who want to rid themselves of same-sex attractions to…
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) — A magnitude 6.9 earthquake has hit a remote part of western Papua New Guinea killing at least three people and causing extensive damage to around 1,000 homes, officials said. The quake rocked the East Sepik region at about 6.20 a.m. Sunday (2020 GMT Saturday) near the town of…