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The Dominican Republic has partially reopened its border with Haiti to limited commercial activity nearly a month after shuttering the frontier amid an ongoing spat over construction of a canal targeting water from a shared river

Federal Reserve officials regarded the U.S. economy’s outlook as particularly uncertain last month, according to minutes released Wednesday, and said they would “proceed carefully” in deciding whether to further raise their benchmark interest rate

Belgium’s prime minister says his country, which has the biggest interest in the global diamond trade in the European Union, is supporting a ban on Russian diamonds as part of sanctions targeting President Vladimir Putin’s government for its war agains...

By Ayushman Ojha

Federal Reserve officials at their September meeting differed on whether any additional interest rate increases would be needed, though the balance indicated that one more hike would be likely, minutes released Wednesday showed.

Investing.com — Stocks were heading higher in the last 30 minutes of trading on Wednesday after the release of the minutes from the Federal Reserve's meeting in September.

Investing.com – Most Federal Reserve policymakers agreed that one more rate hikes would be «appropriate» and emphasized the need to keep interest rates higher for longer as inflation continues to trend well above the central bank’s 2% target, the Fed’s September meeting minutes showed Wednesday.      

Proxy advisers have backed Whitehaven Coal’s new approach to executive pay as London hedge fund Bell Rock made remuneration the new focus of its activist campaign to stop Whitehaven acquiring BHP’s coal mines.

A Brazilian congressional committee has recommended the indictment of four Binance senior executives, including the company's CEO and founder Changpeng Zhao.

₹2,500 crore for Adani’s cement firms every year. “The tenure of the refinance will be 36 months," said the first person. Alongside, Ambuja Cements and ACC together generate around $1 billion in cash every year.

Reuters. BA Flight 165 on its final descent into Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport was diverted back to Heathrow airport after the pilot didn’t felt safe enough to land as there were sirens going off. “Safety is always our highest priority and we've taken the decision to return our Tel Aviv flight to Heathrow," the Reuters report quoted a spokesperson for British Airways as saying.

Christopher Waller on Wednesday said higher market interest rates may help the Fed slow inflation, and let the central bank «watch and see» if its own policy rate needs to rise again or not. Waller, who has been among the most vocal advocates for higher interest rates to fight inflation, said price data seemed to now be moving back towards the Fed's 2% target, with financial markets adding further credit tightening of their own. «We're in this position where we kind of watch and see what happens on rates,» said Waller, who was interviewed by former Republican House Speaker and Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan at a high-profile GOP event in Utah. «The financial markets are tightening up and they are going to do some of the work for us...We are just keeping a very close eye on that.

Punjab Police Wednesday said it has averted possible target killings in the state with the arrest of three members of Babbar Khalsa International (BKI)-backed terror module. The module is being operated by Harpreet Singh alias Happy — a close aide of designated terrorist Harwinder Singh alias Rinda, along with his two associates identified as Harbeer Singh and Navroop Singh from the US, said Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav in a statement here.

Mercedes-Benz India will not chase volumes in electric vehicles, but will focus on creating an ecosystem for EVs such as lowering the cost of ownership, building charging infrastructure and offering a hassle-free experience that will likely help boost sales eventually, the company’s top executive said. This is even as the company remains steadfast on meeting the mid-term target of EVs contributing 25% to its total sales by 2027, Mercedes-Benz India managing director and chief executive Santosh Iyer told ET. “For us, volume is not a strategy and it’s the outcome of what we do. As a luxury brand, we are measured by customer experience and profitable growth. To achieve this, we need to be cautious about how we go about EVs. It must be a long-term strategy. That’s our core strategy,” Iyer said.

Rohit Sharma’s match-winning knock on Wednesday led India to a resounding 8-wicket victory over Afghanistan in the ongoing ICC World Cup 2023. India chased the target of 273 runs in 35 overs. Rohit scored 131 runs in 84 balls and stitched a solid opening partnership with Ishan Kishan who contributed 47 runs from 47 deliveries. Sharma won the player of the match and said, «It's my job to make sure to get those starts especially in run chases.

Kerala as the Left government on Tuesday decided to bring in ordinances in an effort to make the state garbage-free by March 2024. The state cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan decided to recommend to the Governor to promulgate two ordinances — the Kerala Municipality (Amendment) Ordinance 2023 and the Kerala Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Ordinance 2023- to achieve the goal. In a statement, after approval for the drafts of the ordinances by the Cabinet, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said the new ordinances would deal with fines and penalties for improper disposal of garbage in public places.

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PFI), the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday carried out extensive search operations at twenty different locations in six states in connection with a case linked to Bihar's Phulwari Sharif terror conspiracy case. The Bihar's Phulwari Sharif terror case is being probed by the agency for the last one year. These searches were carried out at premises in various regions, including Fazalpur, Shaheen Bagh, Okhla, and Chandni Chowk in Delhi; Bhopal district in Madhya Pradesh; Thane and Mumbai in Maharashtra; Tonk and Gangapur City districts in Rajasthan; and in the regions of Lucknow, Siddharth Nagar, Sant Ravidas Nagar, Kanpur, and Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh. Additionally, searches were conducted in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. These operations were part of an ongoing investigation into cases linked with the PFI, and their involvement in unlawful and anti-national activities. During the searches, a substantial cache of crucial evidence in the ongoing case was found, said the NIA, adding «This evidence includes various digital devices such as laptops, mobile phones, SIM cards, memory cards, pen drives, and hard discs.» «Furthermore, incriminating documents have been recovered during the operations,» the NIA also said. Additionally, the agency further said, a significant amount of Indian currency, with a face value of Rs 8.5 lakhs has been seized in connection with the instant case. The case was initially reregistered at Phulwari Sharif Police Station in Bihar's Patna district on July 12 last year.

ICC World Cup 2023: Pakistan completed a historic run chase against Sri Lanka on Tuesday and Muhammad Rizwan was rightly credited with his 131* innings despite struggling with some difficult cramps. Despite scoring a massive 344 runs, Sri Lankan bowlers couldn't stop Pakistan from chasing the big target. But, even after his fiery innings, Muhammad Rizwan attracted some criticism on social media as he touched on a sensitive topic and dedicated the innings to his “brothers and sisters in Gaza." “This was for our brothers and sisters in Gaza.

Tezos (XTZ) has seen impressive volatility over the past 48-hours, appearing in both the top gainers and top losers this week, but as price action saddles the 20DMA - is it too late to buy Tezos?