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...In one of the few publicly disclosed speeches given to the IIEB, European Central Bank vice-president Lucas Papademos began addressing the October 2006 IIEB meeting in Athens by quoting Adam Smith’s warning...
...Letter in response to this article: Van-Tam move should be welcomed, not criticised / From Lesley Smith, London NW6, UK...
...The US blamed “radical Iran-backed militant groups” for the drone strike on a military base in north-east Jordan but Tehran’s mission to the UN denied any link to the assault....
...Visual and Data team: Jana Tauschinski, Janina Conboye, Peter Andringa, Steven Bernard, Chris Campbell, Sam Joiner, Lucy Rodgers and Alan Smith...
...An Iran-backed Iraqi militia group said it had suspended operations against US troops in the region, days after three US soldiers were killed in a drone attack on a base in Jordan that Washington blamed...
...The US military had failed to stop the enemy drone on Sunday after mistaking it for an American drone that approached a base near Jordan’s border with Syria at the same time, a US official said yesterday...
...Reinsurers also demanded significantly higher prices, and pushed primary insurers to cap the amount of coverage that they provide to clients in Israel and neighbouring countries, such as Lebanon and Jordan...
...You can also just use your eyes, says Jordan. “Check what neighbouring gardens are growing....
...Next Wednesday, he will be joined by other FT experts including Martin Sandbu and Colby Smith as they discuss rate-setters’ ability to forecast and control inflation. Sign up here for free....
...Support for Steve Scalise, the House majority leader, and Jim Jordan, who chairs the judiciary committee, is deadlocked ahead of today’s vote....
...John Kirby, the US National Security Council spokesperson, said that after visiting Israel Biden would travel to Amman to meet the leaders of Jordan and Egypt, and would also meet Mahmoud Abbas, the president...
...Out of almost 6mn registered Palestinian refugees around the world, more than half — 3.5mn — are in the neighbouring countries of Syria, Jordan and Lebanon....
...Jim Jordan, founding member of the rightwing House Freedom Caucus and loyal ally of former US president Donald Trump, yesterday became the first Republican lawmaker to enter the race to succeed Kevin McCarthy...
...Here’s what else I’m keeping tabs on today: Politics: Republicans will hold another contest to select a new candidate for the speakership after ditching populist firebrand Jim Jordan....
...Sam Fleming and Colby Smith report from Marrakech....
...Scalise, the majority leader, defeated Jim Jordan, who chairs the judiciary committee, in a vote among House Republicans on Wednesday....
...Jordan also addressed Trump’s indictments, saying the DoJ had “both sides of the equation covered”....
...Israel’s tourism-dependent neighbours Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon were struggling even before the conflict....
...It is designed in the Jeffersonian style, with red-brick buildings, portico entrances and lots of busts: Adam Smith, John Locke, the Greek goddess Eos....
...Analysts at Goldman Sachs said this left Jordan “particularly vulnerable” as the conflict unfolded, “but so far it has not pushed Jordan’s USD [dollar] bonds into distress”....
...Smith, who brought similar charges against Trump earlier this month....
...So too in the closing lines of “Loose Ends”, with singer and multi-instrumentalist Jordan Rakei taking the place of Jorja Smith on vocals....
...Additional reporting by Madhumita Murgia and Camilla Hodgson Data visualisation by Alan Smith and Ian Bott...
...The indictment unsealed on Friday by special counsel Jack Smith has sent shockwaves through the US political system....
...During his speech in Athens in 2006, European Central Bank vice-president Lucas Papademos quoted Adam Smith’s warning against collusion: “People of the same trade seldom meet together even for merriment...
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