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Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn was a national security adviser during the Trump Administration. He pled guilty in 2017 to lying to the FBI about his contact with a Russian ambassador. His new endeavor is a website called 4ThePURE, which is meant to connect unvaccinated people. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser who pled guilty to lying to the FBI in 2017, is launching an online community dedicated to people who have not…

© Reuters Investing.com – The U.S. dollar edged lower in early European trading Friday but was on course for its third consecutive weekly gain as U.S. rate hike expectations grow. At 03:15 ET (07:15 GMT), the , which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, fell 0.1% to 104.040, just below Thursday’s two-month high of 104.31. Despite Friday’s minor losses, the U.S. currency is still on course for a weekly gain, its third in a row, of just under 1% as traders position for the potential that U.S. interest rates remain higher for longer. Data released on…

3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An All Progressives Congress (APC) supporter carries a book with a picture of presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu who was declared the winner of Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election, in Abuja, Nigeria, March 1, 2023. REUTERS/Esa Ale 2/3 By MacDonald Dzirutwe and Libby George LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s incoming President Bola Tinubu will inherit anaemic economic growth, record debt and shrinking oil output, but before he can start fixing these pressing problems he will need to secure public support for painful decisions. Life is tough for citizens of Africa’s biggest economy, and a tangle…

As May comes to an end, Bitcoin and Ether are struggling to gain momentum and are at risk of closing out the month lower.Bitcoin has plateaued this week and may post its first monthly loss of 2023. Ether has ticked slightly higher but could also end May down from its open.Given the recent slow movements in the cryptocurrency market, what are the best cryptos to buy now?Investor sentiment is fluctuating in response to uncertainty around the U.S. debt ceiling and rising inflation.Markets are awaiting an agreement between President Biden and House Speaker McCarthy to raise the debt ceiling before the…

© Reuters. Investing.com — Gold bulls are still counting on another record high if the Chicken Little metaphor of saving the world — or more precisely, the U.S. economy, from a government debt default or recession — doesn’t come true. Yet, the path of least resistance for the yellow metal over the past three weeks has been lower. on New York’s Comex settled Friday’s session at $1,944.30 an ounce, up just 60 cents, or 0.03%, on the day. The benchmark gold futures contract fell to a nine-week low of $1,936.90 earlier in the session, after hitting an all-time high of…

br © Reuters. Investing.com — On one end, the debate is whether there’ll be a pause or hike. On the other, it’s whether a stay or another cut is coming. But Fed hike or OPEC+ cut, May is turning out to be a mixed month for oil bulls despite two straight weeks of gains. New York-traded West Texas Intermediate, or , crude settled Friday’s trade up 84 cents, or 1.2%, at $72.67 per barrel. WTI slumped 3% in the previous session, but still managed to finish up 1.6% on the week after last week’s rise of 2.2%. London-traded crude, the…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A view shows the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict outside Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko (Reuters) – Ukraine’s defence ministry on Friday said Russia was planning to simulate a major accident at a nuclear power station controlled by pro-Moscow forces to try to thwart a long-planned Ukrainian counteroffensive to retake territory occupied by Russia. The Zaporizhzhia plant, which lies in an area of Russian-occupied southern Ukraine, is Europe’s biggest nuclear power station and the area has been repeatedly hit by shelling that both sides…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Pump jacks operate at sunset in an oil field in Midland, Texas U.S. August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil prices ticked up on Friday as U.S. officials appeared close to striking a debt-ceiling deal, and as the market weighed conflicting messages on supply from Russia and Saudi Arabia ahead of the next OPEC+ policy meeting. settled 69 cents, or 0.9%, higher at $76.95 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate closed up 84 cents, or 1.2%, at $72.67 a barrel. On a weekly basis, both benchmarks posted a second week of…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A logo of Petronas is seen at their office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 27, 2022. Picture taken on April 27, 2022. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysia’s state oil firm Petronas said on Saturday an anti-corruption probe into the firm’s dealings involving a $90 million project had not found any wrongdoing by the company. Malaysia’s Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said on Friday it was investigating allegations of corruption involving Petronas and an international oil and gas company in a project worth 399 million ringgit in the state of Sarawak. It did not identify the company. Petronas…

Nasdaq Composite is in focus this morning after the U.S. Bureau of Labour of Statistics said the core personal consumption expenditures price index was up more than expected in April. What today’s inflation data means for tech stocks For the month, the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge rose 0.4% – supporting the narrative that rates could remain higher for longer. Still, Victoria Greene – the Chief Investment Officer of G Squared Private Wealth is convinced that the ongoing rally in tech stocks is far from over yet. Being concentrated in mega-cap tech stocks has been where to be in this market.…