(Reuters) – When lawyers asked Donald Trump more than a decade ago to identify who estimated values on some of his signature properties, he shrugged and pointed to his longtime accountant, Allen Weisselberg.FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, U.S. February 28, 2021. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo/File Photo“I think ultimately […]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel has almost emerged from its COVID-19 closures, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on the campaign trail, said on Sunday as restaurants reopened under an exit plan fuelled by fast-paced vaccinations.Slideshow ( 4 images )But health officials cautioned that rising contagions could trigger another lockdown – a possible dampener on Netanyahu’s hope of parlaying his pandemic […]

ROME (Reuters) – An Italian prosecutor on Saturday demanded life sentences for two young Americans being tried on murder charges after a policeman was killed following a botched drugs sale in Rome. Finnegan Lee Elder, who was 19 at the time, has admitted to stabbing Mario Cerciello Rega in the early hours of July 26, 2019, while his friend Gabriel […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Senator Ted Cruz put a hold late on Friday on President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency to pressure the administration to put tough sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project.Slideshow ( 2 images )The Senate Intelligence Committee this week backed William Burns, a former ambassador to Russia, by a […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate on Saturday passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan in a party-line vote after an all-night session that saw Democrats battling among themselves over jobless aid and the Republican minority failing to push through some three dozen amendments.FILE PHOTO: A man makes his way past the U.S. Capitol on the day the House […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate on Saturday passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan in a party-line vote after an all-night session that saw Democrats battling among themselves over jobless aid and the Republican minority failing in attempts to push through some three dozen amendments.FILE PHOTO: A man makes his way past the U.S. Capitol on the day […]

Stocks have fallen in recent days amid rising 10-year Treasury yields. 48-year market vet David Hunter says this is temporary, and stocks will melt up into Q2. But then overheating will lead to Fed tightening, Hunter said, triggering an 80% drop in stocks. Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories. Stocks seem to be at a fork in […]

NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) – Pope Francis held a historic meeting with Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on Saturday, in a powerful appeal for coexistence in a land torn by sectarianism and violence.Pope Francis meets with Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, in Najaf, Iraq March 6, 2021. REUTERS Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani officeFrancis’s meeting in […]

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian farmers began gathering on Saturday to block a six-lane expressway outside New Delhi to mark the 100th day of protests against deregulation of agriculture markets, to add pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.FILE PHOTO: Farmers shout slogans as they take part in a three-hour “chakka jam” or road blockade, as part of protests against […]