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May 2025
12m 50s

India's strikes, Russian explosives, the...

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India keeps up the biggest strikes in Pakistan in decades. Russia is building a huge new explosives facility in Siberia. The Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady and says risks of inflation and unemployment have risen. And Republicans are struggling to figure out how to pay for Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and make them permanent. Sign up for the Reuters E ... Show More
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