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Thursday, March 23, 2023

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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With inflation still high and anxieties gripping the banking industry, the Federal Reserve and its chair, Jerome Powell, will face a complicated task at their latest policy meeting Wednesday and in the months to follow: How to tame inflation by continuing to raise interest rates while also helping to restore faith in the financial system – all without triggering a severe recession.

Federal Reserve raises key rate by quarter-point despite bank turmoil

The Federal Reserve extended its yearlong fight against high inflation Wednesday by raising its key interest rate a quarter-point despite concerns that higher borrowing rates could worsen the turmoil that has gripped the banking system.
A police officer places a barricade in front of Trump Tower Tuesday in New York.

Trump's potential indictment caps decades of legal scrutiny

For 40 years, former President Donald Trump has navigated countless legal investigations without ever facing criminal charges. That record may soon come to an end.
People get drinking water Tuesday from a water collecting point at a slum area, in Karachi, Pakistan. World Water Day will be observed Wednesday to highlight the importance of freshwater and advocate for sustainable management of this vital resource.

UN: A quarter of world population lacks safe drinking water

A report issued on the eve of the first major U.N. conference on water in over 45 years says 26% of the world's population doesn't have access to safe drinking water and 46% lacks access to basic sanitation.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talks Tuesday during a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Ukraine, IMF agree on $15.6 billion loan package

Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund have agreed on a $15.6 billion loan package aimed at shoring up government finances severely strained by Russia's invasion and leveraging even more support by reassuring allies that Ukraine is pursuing strong economic policies and fighting corruption.
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency personnel work at the scene following a drone attack Wednesday in the town of Rzhyshchiv, Ukraine.
Ukraine: Russia hits apartments and dorm, killing civilians
Russia stepped up its missile and drone attacks against Ukraine on Wednesday, killing students and other civilians, in a violent follow-up to dueling high-level diplomatic missions aimed at bringing peace after 13 months of war.
U.S. and South Korean soldiers gather Wednesday before a combined live fire exercise between South Korea and the United States at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in Pocheon, South Korea. North Korea launched multiple cruise missiles toward the sea on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, three days after the North carried out what it called a simulated nuclear attack on South Korea.
North Korea fires cruise missiles as allies stage drills
North Korea launched cruise missiles toward the sea on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, three days after the North carried out what it called a simulated nuclear attack on South Korea to protest its military drills with the United States.
George Soros, founder and chairman of the Open Society Foundations, attends the 2019 Joseph A. Schumpeter Award ceremony in Vienna, Austria. As former President Donald Trump braces for a potential indictment related to hush money payments made on his behalf during his 2016 campaign, Republicans blasting the case as politically motivated are blaming a frequent target: Soros.
Republicans invoke Soros to steer narrative on Trump probe
As former President Donald Trump braces for a potential indictment related to hush money payments made on his behalf during his 2016 campaign, Republicans blasting the case as politically motivated are blaming a frequent target: George Soros.
Al Stone-Gebhardt and his mother, Erika Dubose, pose for a photo outside their home on Friday, March 3, 2023, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As hundreds of bills nationwide take aim at nearly every facet of transgender existence, from health care to athletics to bathroom access, trans kids like Stone-Gebhardt and their families say certain proposals could eliminate one of the last remaining safe havens to explore their identities: K-12 public schools.
Transgender youth: 'Forced outing' bills make schools unsafe
As hundreds of bills nationwide take aim at nearly every facet of transgender existence, from health care to athletics to bathroom access, trans kids and their families say certain proposals could eliminate one of the last remaining safe havens to explore their identities: K-12 public schools.
Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins, left, a Wichita Republican, confers Tuesday with state Rep. Brenda Landwehr, a Wichita Republican, ahead of a House debate on a proposed “born-alive infants protection,” law to apply to abortion providers at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas. Landwehr is chair of the House health committee, and it handled the measure, which would require providers to try to preserve the lives of infants born during unsuccessful abortions.
Kansas lawmakers near approval of 'born alive' abortion bill
A Kansas proposal based on the disputed idea that providers leave infants to die after they're born during abortions is nearing legislative approval, as Republicans pursue limited anti-abortion measures following a decisive statewide vote last year protecting abortion rights.
A deserted entrance to the British High Commission after temporary security barricades were removed Wednesday in New Delhi. Supporters of the Khalistan movement for an independent Sikh state pulled down the Indian flag at the country’s high commission in London and smashed the building’s window in protest against the move to arrest separatist leader Amritpal Singh. India’s foreign ministry summoned the U.K.’s deputy high commissioner to protest what it called the breach of security. There was no immediate comment whether the removal of security barricades was in retaliation to the incident in London.
India police hunt Sikh leader, arrest separatist supporters
Indian police have launched a search for a separatist leader who has revived calls for an independent Sikh homeland, stirring fears of violence in northwestern Punjab state where there's a history of bloody insurgency.
Actor Gwyneth Paltrow looks on Tuesday as she sits in the courtroom in Park City, Utah. Paltrow’s trial over a 2016 ski collision began in the Utah ski resort town of Park City, where she is accused of crashing into a skier at Deer Valley Resort. The man suing accuses the actress of skiing out of control leaving him with brain damage and four broken ribs
Gwyneth Paltrow ski collision trial brings doctors to stand
A radiologist showed X-rays and brain scans on Wednesday morning as attorneys for a man suing Gwyneth Paltrow tried to persuade the jury that a 2016 ski collision at an upscale Utah ski resort inflicted lasting damage.
A Yugoslav air force MiG-29 fighter flies over Belgrade in 1998 during patrol duty. Slovakia was offered 12 new military helicopters by the United States as compensation for the MiG-29 fighter jets the country decided to give to Ukraine, Defense Minister Jaroslav Nad said on Wednesday.
Slovakia offered U.S. helicopters for giving jets to Ukraine
The United States has offered Slovakia 12 new military helicopters as compensation for the MiG-29 fighter jets the European country is giving to Ukraine, Slovakia's defense minister said Wednesday.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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