WASHINGTON, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - US President Donald Trump's move to oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook marks a direct attempt to politicize the central bank and is "profoundly dangerous," former Fed chief Janet Yellen warned Wednesday. Her opinion piece in the Financial Times came days after Trump said he was removing Cook from her position over allegations of mortgage fraud. But Yellen argued that accusations alone do not constitute the kinds of "cause" that allow for the firing of a Fed official. "For Trump to invoke cause here is a fiction; it is a pretext to justify an autocratic power grab," charged Yellen, who also served as Treasury secretary under former president Joe Biden. "It represents a direct...
BEIJING, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - China said Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will attend a huge military parade in Beijing on...
DHAKA, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS) - Additional Police Commissioner Md. Shafiqul Islam has been made chief of the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan...
WASHINGTON, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog has said a team of its inspectors are "back in Iran," the...
JERUSALEM, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The Israeli military said Wednesday it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, where Huthi rebels have regularly launched attacks...
The governor made the remark while speaking as the chief guest at a conference titled “Cashless Bangladesh Summit 2015, The Intersection of Science and Technology”...
DHAKA, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS) - Martyred Abu Sayed emerged as a shining symbol of courage in the July Uprising, standing tall in the face...
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The Israeli military pressed operations around Gaza City on Wednesday as US President Donald Trump hosted...
WASHINGTON, Aug 27, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - US President Donald Trump will host a meeting today on post-war plans for Gaza, his envoy Steve Witkoff said...
VENICE, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Globetrotting filmmaker Werner Herzog, an eclectic risk-taker whose monumental works often explore humankind's conflict with nature, was honoured with...
VENICE, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The Venice Film Festival kicked off Wednesday with Hollywood royalty arriving for Italy's glitzy movie showcase where a strong...
ROME, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Pope Leo XIV said Wednesday he was "profoundly saddened" by a shooting in a US church that killed two...
CHISINAU, Aug 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The leaders of France, Germany and Poland all expressed their support for Moldova's EU bid on Wednesday, slamming Russian...