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...HSBC USA is in the process of selling off hundreds of millions of dollars of commercial real estate loans, potentially at a discount, as part of an effort to wind down direct lending to US property developers...
...Talks this week at the White House between President Joe Biden and congressional leaders failed to secure a breakthrough on raising the country’s $31.4tn debt ceiling....
...Paul & Joe tropical wool Reline shorts, €295 New Balance suede 2002R sneakers, £110 Globe-trotter micro case with leather corners, £995 Loro Piana cashmere and silk pillow, £1,355 Albane Salmon ash and...
...World Cup Attention shifts to the first full day of opening fixtures, including Wales vs USA....
...Fetterman added: “Send me to the US Senate, and I’d proudly vote to codify Roe v Wade into law.” Republican leaders largely embraced the ruling on Friday....
...Those set to be in attendance include US president Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden, France’s president Emmanuel Macron and India’s president Droupadi Murmu....
...Coronavirus digest The US Supreme Court has blocked Joe Biden’s mandate directing big companies to impose “vaccine or test” mandates on employees....
...The comments come a day after Joe Biden told Americans Omicron was “a cause for concern, not a cause for panic”....
...Email me at gordon.smith@ft.com and let me know. Thanks for reading FirstFT and have a relaxing weekend — Gordon Five more stories in the news 1....
...“The bumper sticker would say, we’re past the V,” says Michael Gapen, chief US economist at Barclays, referring to the shape of the recovery since the shocking collapse last year....
...Let us know what fintech predictions you have for the rest of the year at imani.moise@ft.com and sid.v@ft.com....
...The USA cycling team later issued a statement to say Fields was awake and awaiting further medical “evaluation”....
...Slovakia’s prime minister said he was ready to stand down to defuse a crisis over his decision to purchase Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, which has not been approved by Europe’s regulator....
...Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine has an efficacy rate of 97.6 per cent, its developers said, based on data from almost 4m people....
...Almost two-thirds of Russians are unwilling to receive the Sputnik V vaccine and about the same number believe Covid-19 was created as a biological weapon, a pollster said on Monday....
...Joe Biden directed US states to make all adult residents eligible for a vaccine from April 19....
...Hungary is the only EU member to have approved both the Chinese-made Sinopharm and Russian-made Sputnik V vaccines....
...Vladimir Putin said he would be vaccinated with the Sputnik V jab on Tuesday....
...Russia’s Sputnik V jab has shown 91.6 per cent efficacy against symptomatic Covid-19 in clinical trials, a Lancet peer review confirmed....
...Joe Biden’s $1.9tn US stimulus programme will boost the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic around the world, the OECD said on Tuesday, as it upgraded its outlook for global growth....
...(USA Today) Tougher UK travel restrictions come into force From today all travel corridors to the UK will be closed....
...Russia is seeking to manufacture its Sputnik V vaccine in Italy to meet a surge in overseas contracts....
...A small style from this partnership ended up on the red carpet, worn with a tuxedo by Jaden Smith....
...(FT) Coronavirus digest Russia will supply 300m doses of its Sputnik V vaccine to the African Union....
...Joe Biden raised concerns about China’s “coercive” behaviour and human rights abuses with Xi Jinping, in the first call between the US and Chinese presidents since Biden entered office three weeks ago....
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