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ISTANBUL (AP) – Iran is ready for dialogue to resolve tensions with the United States but that there are no concrete plans for talks with Washington, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Friday, even as Tehran faces the threat of U.S. military action in response to the killing of peaceful demonstrators and over possible mass executions.
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) – Croatia’s parliament on Friday voted to reintroduce compulsory military service in the European Union and NATO member country.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate leaders were scrambling on Friday to save a bipartisan spending deal and prevent a partial government shutdown this weekend as some Republicans pushed back on a rare deal between President Donald Trump and Democrats.
NEW YORK (AP) – American Express saw its profits grow 13% in the fourth quarter, as the credit card giant continues to benefit from its well-to-do clientele spending heavily on their cards on everything from luxury goods to restaurants to travel.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump’s nomination of Kevin Warsh to chair the Federal Reserve could bring about sweeping changes at a central bank that dominates the global economy and markets like no other. Warsh, if approved by the Senate, will be under close scrutiny from financial markets and Congress given his appointment by a president demanding lower rates.
BANGKOK (AP) – The Bank of Thailand plans to tighten regulations on online gold trading to curb the impact of fluctuating prices on the local currency.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The United Nations chief is warning that the world body faces “imminent financial collapse” unless its financial rules are overhauled or all 193 member nations pay their dues – a message likely directed at the United States and the billions it owes.
WASHINGTON (AP) – A huge new tranche of files on millionaire financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released Friday revealed details of his communications with the wealthy and powerful, some not long before he died by suicide in 2019.
The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights probe into the death of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis resident killed Saturday by Border Patrol officers. “We’re looking at everything that would shed light on what happened that day and in the days and weeks leading up to what happened,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Friday.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday a “big investigation” was underway into the killing of protester and ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis. “I want to see the investigation. I’m going to be watching over it, and I want a very honorable and honest investigation. I have to see it myself,” the president said as he left the White House.
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