AP source: Biden to name Brainard to head Economic Council
President Joe Biden plans to name Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard as the new director of his National Economic Council
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Cambodian leader says radio station closure is permanent
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen says a radio station he ordered closed will not be allowed to reopen, spurning pleas and protests from around the world
Alex Murdaugh expected to testify at murder trial, reports say
The disgraced legal scion could take the stand early next week
Uganda starts oil drilling, targets first oil output by April 2025
Europe’s energy crisis has ignited fresh interest in Africa as an alternative supplier of oil and gas.
Pakistan in bailout bid sharply raises natural gas taxes
Cash-strapped Pakistan sharply increased taxes on natural gas to comply with a long-stalled financial bailout, and both industrial and everyday consumers were expected to feel the pain
Gunman had no affiliation with US university where he killed three, police say
Police have identified the attacker as Anthony McRae
Officers face misconduct cases over Wayne Couzens indecent exposure reports
Couzens pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey on Monday to three counts of indecent exposure between November 2020 and February 2021
British Embassy spy ‘hedged bets’ during sting op with fake Russian officer
David Ballantyne Smith began collecting secret information from the embassy where he worked as a security guard some four years before his arrest
Air India orders 250 Airbus jets as air travel demand swells
Air India’s owner is buying 250 Airbus passenger jets in a mammoth order that underlines the surging demand for air travel fueled by the country’s swelling middle class
Oil and gas industry earned US$4T last year, says IEA chief
The global oil and gas industry’s profits in 2022 jumped to some US$4 trillion from an average of $1.5 trillion in recent years, the head of the International Energy Agency says.