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By Andrew Hay ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Reuters) -Muslims in New Mexico interviewed on Wednesday said they felt shock and shame at the arrest of a Muslim immigrant from Afghanistan in connection with the murders of four Muslim men. Police on Tuesday said they…

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -With a cabinet reshuffle out of the way, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s search for the next Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor will intensify in coming months with a small but possible chance of a dark horse getting the job. …

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Finally over his coronavirus infection, President Joe Biden departs on Wednesday to spend most of the next week on Kiawah Island, South Carolina, an oceanfront golf resort that he has visited in the past. Biden h…

By David Shepardson (Reuters) – New York City could introduce a traffic congestion charge of up to $23 a day late next year, which a study released on Wednesday projected would reduce the number of cars entering Manhattan by 15% to 20%. The city wants …

By Martin Quin Pollard and Yimou Lee BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) – China’s military has “completed various tasks” around Taiwan but will conduct regular patrols, it said on Wednesday, potentially signalling an end to days of war games but also that Beijin…

(This Aug 9 story corrects Rebecca Kleefisch’s title to show she is a former, not current, lieutenant governor) By Joseph Ax (Reuters) – Republican voters in Wisconsin and Minnesota on Tuesday nominated abortion foes for governor, ensuring the issue wi…

By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday proposed a rule to improve the quality of disclosures it receives from large hedge funds about their investment strategies and leverage. The rule, w…

By Pete Schroeder and Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican lawmakers are preparing a crackdown on the U.S. consumer and securities watchdogs in the expectation they will gain control of a key congressional committee following the Nove…

By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors in Michigan on Wednesday began laying out their case against two men accused of plotting to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, saying that conversations about their plan went beyond just idle tal…

By Charlotte Greenfield ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – More than 70 economists and experts, including Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz, called for Washington and other nations to release Afghanistan’s central bank assets in a letter sent to U.S. President Joe Bid…