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(Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris believes the Federal Reserve should make decisions independent of the president, CNBC reported on Friday, citing a Harris aide. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday that U.S. presidents should have a say over decisions made by the Federal Reserve. (Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru; Editing …

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By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has brought criminal charges against the former head of a notorious Syrian prison accused of lying about his past in an attempt to secure U.S. citizenship, according to U.S. prosecutors. Samir Ousman Alsheikh, 72, oversaw severe physical abuse of inmates while head of the Adra prison …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Three Columbia University deans, who engaged in what the school’s administration called troubling text message exchanges that touched on “ancient antisemitic tropes,” have resigned, a university spokesperson said late on Thursday. Cristen Kromm, former dean of undergraduate student life; Matthew Patashnick, former associate dean for student and family support; …

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By Jorge Garcia SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Two Chinese giant pandas are now California residents as their enclosure at the San Diego Zoo opened to the public on Thursday in an international ceremony. The pandas, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, are the first to enter the United States in 21 years and were welcomed by …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday announced charges against a Tennessee man accused of helping North Koreans land IT jobs with American and British companies to fund Pyongyang’s weapons programs. Matthew Isaac Knoot, 38, helped the North Korean workers remotely access software from unwitting companies, which thought they were hiring American employees, …

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By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 42% to 37% in the race for the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, according to an Ipsos poll published on Thursday. The poll found Harris had widened her lead since a July 22-23 Reuters/Ipsos survey, which found her up 37% to 34% over …

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(Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday that he had agreed to three presidential debates in September and was awaiting a response from Democrat Kamala Harris’ campaign. “We’ve agreed with Fox on a date of September 4th, we’ve agreed with NBC … on September 10th, and we’ve agreed with ABC on September …

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