WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to confirm Jonathan Gould as head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the agency charged with monitoring large national banks.

A Labour council has been accused of “sectarianism” over its twinning with a Palestinian city. Brent council, in north-west London, voted to twin with Nablus in the West Bank to promote “cultural, ...

European officials struck a new deal with Israel to allow desperately needed food and fuel into Gaza, the European Union’s ...

Europe is “losing” the fight for economic supremacy against its main rivals China and the US, and faces a drought of globally ...

With these reserves, users expect to be able to exchange their stablecoins for dollars or other backing assets at any time.

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Israeli strikes pounded the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, killing at least 34 Palestinians, according to local hospitals.