Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Guatemala and Mexico in her role in tackling the "root causes" of the migration crisis at the southern border -- as she faces intense criticism for her alleged lack of action on the crisis.

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Bernie Madoff, the disgraced former financier who ran the largest Ponzi scheme in history, has died, sources confirmed to ABC News.

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Bernie Madoff, who ran the world's largest Ponzi scheme, is dead

JPMorgan Chase & Co reported a surge in first-quarter earnings on Wednesday, as the largest U.S. bank released more reserves and was aided by a blowout quarter from its trading desks and soaring investment banking fees.

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A dozen Chinese Internet platform companies pledged to avoid anti-competitive behaviors such as forcing vendors to use their platform exclusively, according to a statement on Wednesday from the State Administration for Market Regulation.

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U.S. stock index futures rose on Wednesday ahead of quarterly earnings reports from JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, with investors expecting a strong rebound for corporate America against the backdrop of a swift vaccine-led global economic recovery.

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The EU will get an extra 50 million COVID vaccines from Pfizer by the end of June, Ursula von der Leyen has announced.

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Washington's ability to collect intelligence and act on threats will diminish when U.S. troops leave Afghanistan, CIA Director William Burns said on Wednesday ahead of an expected announcement of a pullout by President Joe Biden.

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TrillerNet, the parent company of U.S. short video social app Triller, told Reuters on Wednesday it has acquired combat sports game streaming service Fite TV and marketing platform Amplify.ai.

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A commercial vessel owned by an Israeli firm was targeted near Fujairah port in the United Arab Emirates, Unews news agency said on Twitter on Tuesday.

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Despite being tipped that “Congress itself is the target” on Jan. 6, Capitol Police were ordered not to use their most powerful crowd-control weapons, according to a scathing new watchdog report.



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