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BEIJING (Reuters) – Oil prices fell by a dollar in early Asian trading on Monday after disappointing Chinese inflation data over the weekend stoked fears about demand.Brent crude futures were down $1.12 at $77.92 per barrel by 2228 GMT, and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell $1.07 to $74.49 per barrel.China’s deflationary pressures increased in September, according to its National Bureau of Statistics, and a Saturday news conference left investors guessing about the overall size of a stimulus package to revive the sputtering economy.(Reporting by Colleen Howe; Editing by Chris Reese) Read the full article here

The first black central bank governor of South Africa, who later went on to become finance minister, has died at the age of 65.Tito Mboweni had suffered a “short illness”, the presidency confirmed on Saturday evening, without specifying further.”We have lost a leader and compatriot who has served our nation as an activist, economic policy innovator and champion of labour rights,” President Cyril Ramaphosa said.Mbwoeni’s family said they were “devastated” and that he had died in a hospital in Johannesburg “surrounded by his loved ones”.A former anti-apartheid activist, Mboweni spent almost a decade in exile in Lesotho where he attended…

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are deadlocked in the latest national NBC News poll, with Trump bolstered by Republicans coming back home to support him after last month’s rough debate and a subsequent polling deficit, as well as by a favorable voter assessment of Trump’s term as president.These are among the findings of a new survey released three weeks before Election Day, which also shows Harris’ popularity declining compared to a month ago, after she got a big summertime boost; a massive gender gap between support for Harris and Trump; and voters viewing abortion as a…

Michael Moore wants President Joe Biden to leave the White House a “hero.” According to the renowned filmmaker, the president ought to take advantage of “full immunity” and pass a “bucket list” of reforms in his last 100 days in office.“With a simple stroke or two of your presidential pen, you can make life better for millions of people in ways you never would’ve dreamed possible,” Moore wrote on his Substack on Saturday.Annoyed Joe Biden Has Words for Trump in Press Conference ZingerReferencing the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity that provided sweeping protections for “official acts” made by…

Washington is “paying a ransom” to West Jerusalem by targeting Tehran’s energy sector, the Foreign Ministry has claimed The US has no right to sanction Iran’s energy and transport sectors over its missile attack on Israel, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei has said, describing the attack as a “legitimate” act of self-defense.The US Treasury Department on Friday announced sanctions against a fleet of vessels it accused of transporting Iranian oil. The State Department simultaneously announced sanctions on six foreign companies allegedly involved in the Iranian petroleum trade. The Treasury Department said these penalties were imposed “in response to Iran’s October…

Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations,Topline: Detective Robert Kennedy left his job after pleading guilty to wire fraud, but the retirement board in Stoneham, Mass. ruled last month that he will receive his $5,000 monthly pension anyway. His pension — worth $60,000 per year — will be the 40th-highest out of 286 Stoneham retirees, based on the latest available data at OpenTheBooks.com.Key facts: Kennedy was convicted in federal court last year after an NBC10 Boston investigation found he had dodged $50,000 in rent payments, being continuously evicted from apartments in the Boston area. Kennedy earned over $730,000 in salary between 2017 and 2022,…

Commentary U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland is now suing Governor Glenn Youngkin of Virginia for having the temerity to remove unlawful voters from the election rolls.  In 2019, I made a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to my Virginia County Clerk of the Court on those rejected for Jury Duty.  The Jury Duty rolls, by Commonwealth of Virginia Law, harvest the names predominantly from the Voting Rolls.  There are 20 different reasons someone can be rejected from Jury Duty. Doing basic math, there are three non-debatable categories where someone would be unlawful to be on the election roll.  Yet…

Topline A number of northern U.S. states may be able to catch a glimpse of the northern lights Sunday night into Monday morning, according to the latest forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration—following a geomagnetic storm that lit up the sky last week. An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, is seen Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, in Falmouth, … [+] Maine.Associated Press Key Facts The aurora borealis forecast for Sunday night has a Kp index of three on a scale of nine, which means the aurora “will become brighter and there will be more” motion and…

The Harris campaign’s decision to bring “degenerate” former President Bill Clinton back to the political stage is “absolutely unbelievable,” according to Clinton accuser Juanita Broaddrick, who called the 42nd president “the most prolific sexual abuser in history,” while insisting the move further undermines Vice President Kamala Harris’s platform as a defender of women. In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News on Sunday, Broaddrick did not hold back when discussing Bill Clinton’s unexpected return to national politics as a surrogate for the Harris campaign. Harris campaign spokesperson Ian Sams framed Clinton’s return as a throwback to his “comeback kid” days, emphasizing…

Five people were injured on Sunday when a ghost train caught fire at a bustling carnival in a town in north-eastern Germany, police said.Four employees suffered smoke inhalation and one person was in shock after the ride went on fire at the Gallimarkt, a centuries-old folk festival in the town of Leer.Police could not yet name the cause of the fire or the amount damage that was caused, but said the flames were quickly extinguished and that investigations were under way.Town officials had earlier said they were expecting around half a million visitors at the carnival, which was well attended…