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Speaking to an annual conference of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Powell said the Fed recognises the need to strike a careful balance between its mandates of maximizing employment and keeping price increases stable.

Through his lawyer, Donald Trump's former "fixer" says collecting contributions through a GoFundMe page set up after his guilty plea this week is the only way to ensure the truth comes out about the president.

South Africa's government says Trump's tweet was based on "false information" and served "only to polarize debate on this sensitive and crucial matter."

British Airways said its decision was unrelated to US President Donald Trump's imposition of new sanctions on Iran, which has prompted many foreign businesses to pull out of the country.

The proposal released by the Environmental Protection Agency is now open for a public comment period. A final EPA rule is expected later this year.

A former president and prime minister, Jugnauth said every time he took over the reins of the country, he worked for the development of Hindi language.

Donald Trump expressed fears that investigators could compare his statements with that of others who have testified in the probe, such as former FBI Director James Comey, and that any discrepancies could be used against him.

Trump, in a series of tweets, denounced the New York Times for a Saturday story saying White House Counsel Don McGahn has cooperated extensively with the special counsel, Robert Mueller. The Times said McGahn had shared detailed accounts about the episode...

Pompeo, who is expected in Islamabad on September 5, would be the first foreign dignitary to meet Prime Minister Khan, Dawn reported, quoting the diplomatic and official sources.

The municipality said it refused to grant the couple's citizenship application over their lack of respect for gender equality, Lausanne mayor Gregoire Junod told AFP.

US President Donald Trump said, Manafort "happens to be a very good person" who worked for him "for a very short period of time."

In a statement, ex-CIA bosses appointed by Republican and Democratic presidents denounced Trump's decision to strip Brennan of his security clearance.

The 42-year-old woman had presumed the lens had fallen out but had instead moved behind her eye without causing any obvious symptoms for many years.

The boy was the quickest of 35 children, ages 6 to 17, who all eventually hacked into copies of the websites of six swing states during the three-day Def Con security convention over the weekend

The Taliban attack in the north coincided with clashes in southeastern province of Ghazni, which lies on the main highway linking Kabul with the south.

Neither dinosaur nor bird, pterosaurs -- more commonly known as pterodactyls -- emerged during the late Triassic period more than 200 million years ago and lorded over primeval skies until a massive space rock slammed into Earth, wiping out the dinosaurs...