WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States Senate on Thursday approved its version of the National Defense Authorization Act, a $ 740 billion policy for the Pentagon that President Donald Trump has threatened to veto over a provision that eliminates Confederate names of military bases. The President of the United States, …
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Reuters Former Wirecard chief executive Markus Braun was arrested again in Munich as German prosecutors dug deeper into allegations of fraud at the fintech firm. Two other executives, revealed by the Financial Times as former Wirecard chief financial officer Burkhard Ley, and Stephan von Erffa, a former chief accounting officer, …
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A 93-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard was convicted in Germany on Thursday of being a fixture in the murder of more than 5,200 prisoners, but came out with a two-year suspended prison sentence. Bruno Dey, whose trial began in October, was found guilty in a Hamburg court of 5,232 …
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Bruno Dey, a 93-year-old former SS security guard from the Stutthof concentration camp near Gdansk, arrives in the courtroom at the regional court in Hamburg, Germany, on July 23, 2020, for his sentence. Daniel Bockwoldt / Pool / Getty Berlin Germany – Bruno Dey, who became a guard at one …
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European stocks rose on Thursday as investors reacted to mounting tensions between the United States and China and a large amount of corporate earnings. The pan-European Stoxx 600 rose 0.5% in initial trade, with cars jumping 2.7% to lead profits, while profits lost 0.4%. Tensions between China and the United …
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